XBRL Cloud: Business Report

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Network	2427402 - Disclosure - Note 24. Concentrations of Credit and Other Risks (Details) (http://www.firstsolar.com/role/Note24ConcentrationsOfCreditAndOtherRisksDetails)
Table	Concentration Risk [Table]

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Reporting Entity [Axis]

0001274494 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)

Period [Axis]	Concentration Risk [Line Items]	Concentration Risk Type [Axis]
		Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]	Customer Concentration Risk [Member]															Concentration Risk Type [Domain]
		Concentration Risk Benchmark [Axis]	Concentration Risk Benchmark [Axis]															Concentration Risk Benchmark [Axis]
		Sales [Member]	Sales [Member]					Accounts Receivable [Member]				Concentration Risk Benchmark [Domain]						Concentration Risk Benchmark [Domain]
		Customer [Axis]	Customer [Axis]					Customer [Axis]				Customer [Axis]						Customer [Axis]
		Customer [Domain]	Customer One [Member]	Customer Two [Member]	Customer Three [Member]	Customer Four [Member]	Customer Six [Member]	Customer One [Member]	Customer Four [Member]	Customer Five [Member]	Customer Six [Member]	Customer One [Member]	Customer Two [Member]	Customer Three [Member]	Customer Four [Member]	Customer Five [Member]	Customer Six [Member]	Customer [Domain]
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31	Revenue, Net														664,669,000		584,638,000	3,308,989,000
	Concentration Risk, Percentage	.14				.20	.18	.14	.30	.12	.30
	Accounts Receivable, Net, Current											18,959,000			40,268,000	15,776,000	41,074,000	136,383,000
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31	Revenue, Net											720,056,000		773,407,000	701,648,000			3,368,545,000
	Concentration Risk, Percentage		.21		.23	.21		.24		.22
	Accounts Receivable, Net, Current											134,108,000				120,334,000		553,567,000
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31	Revenue, Net											993,709,000	408,508,000					2,766,207,000
	Concentration Risk, Percentage		.36	.15
	Accounts Receivable, Net, Current