US thin-film photovoltaics (PV) maker First Solar Inc (<a href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/fslr" target="_blank">NASDAQ:FSLR</a>) on Thursday held an inauguration ceremony for its new factory in Tamil Nadu, India, said to be the country’s first fully vertically integrated solar manufacturing facility, having an annual nameplate capacity of 3.3 GW.