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U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz, Congressman Marcy Kaptur and Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg tour First Solar in Perrysburg.

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First Solar CEO Jim Hughes, left, looks at a stack of solar panels with the reflection of Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg, U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz and Congressman Marcy Kaptur.

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From left, Congressman Marcy Kaptur, U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz, and Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg get a tour of First Solar from CEO Jim Hughes, right.

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Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg, left, speaks as Congressman Marcy Kaptur, U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz and First Solar CEO Jim Hughes, right, listen.

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From left, Jim Koedam, Director of Manufacturing at First Solar, U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg watch a solar panel move along the production line as they listen to First Solar CEO Jim Hughes, right.

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First Solar in Perrysburg.

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Production line at First Solar in Perrysburg.

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Production line.

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From left, Congressman Marcy Kaptur, U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz, and Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg get a tour from Mike Koralewski, vice-president of Site Operations, second from right, and Jim Hughes, CEO, right.

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A solar panel on the production line.

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From left, Congressman Marcy Kaptur, U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz, and Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg get a tour from CEO Jim Hughes, right.

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U.S. energy secretary Ernest Moniz, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and Export-Import Bank of the U.S. president Fred Hochberg tour First Solar in Perrysburg, Friday, February 20, 2015.

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Production line at First Solar.

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Solar panels being made.

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Solar panels being made.

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