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Parish highlights First Solar facility, says project will bring hundreds of jobs

Iberia Parish Council · November 24, 2025

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Parish officials and councilmembers praised First Solar’s new manufacturing facility and noted a ribbon-cutting scheduled Nov. 21; council members estimated the project could bring up to 1,000 jobs when fully ramped.

Parish leaders used the Nov. 19 council meeting to highlight First Solar’s new manufacturing facility and an upcoming ribbon-cutting scheduled for Nov. 21.

Parish staff said the facility represents one of the largest economic-development projects in parish history and credited infrastructure improvements for helping bring the investment. Council members who toured the plant described state-of-the-art equipment, an expansive facility that requires a golf cart to traverse and early projections of up to 1,000 direct jobs plus additional feeder employment.

Members encouraged other council members to tour the site; an open ribbon-cutting event and public session were announced for Nov. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.