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Per the Tennesean:
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Solar company to build plant in East Tennessee
BY CHAS SISK • THE TENNESSEAN • JANUARY 21, 2010
Gov. Phil Bredesen’s administration has struck a deal with a start-up company to build a factor that will make components for the solar industry in East Tennessee, in an investment that could eventually reach $200 million and employee as many as 250 people.
Bredesen announced Thursday that Confluence Solar, a firm based in suburban St. Louis
, will build a plant that will produce silicon ingots in the Anderson County town of Clinton. The state will extend tax credits and other incentives to help the plant build infrastructure and train workers. The deal is the third major solar investment Bredesen has announced in the past 14 months. It comes on the heels of Hemlock Semiconductor’s plant outside Clarksville and Wacker Chemie’s facility in Bradley County. “Once again, despite the clouds and rain outside, you could say the sun is shining onTennessee,” said Matt Kisber, the state’s commissioner for economic and community development.
Confluence Solar officials said they did not yet know when they would break ground on the facility. They also did not know how many people it would employee when it opens, saying both the timetable for construction and initial employment would be determined based on how quickly the market for their products develops.
BY CHAS SISK • THE TENNESSEAN • JANUARY 21, 2010
Gov. Phil Bredesen’s administration has struck a deal with a start-up company to build a factor that will make components for the solar industry in East Tennessee, in an investment that could eventually reach $200 million and employee as many as 250 people.
Bredesen announced Thursday that Confluence Solar, a firm based in suburban St. Louis
, will build a plant that will produce silicon ingots in the Anderson County town of Clinton. The state will extend tax credits and other incentives to help the plant build infrastructure and train workers. The deal is the third major solar investment Bredesen has announced in the past 14 months. It comes on the heels of Hemlock Semiconductor’s plant outside Clarksville and Wacker Chemie’s facility in Bradley County. “Once again, despite the clouds and rain outside, you could say the sun is shining onTennessee,” said Matt Kisber, the state’s commissioner for economic and community development.Confluence Solar officials said they did not yet know when they would break ground on the facility. They also did not know how many people it would employee when it opens, saying both the timetable for construction and initial employment would be determined based on how quickly the market for their products develops.
Solar company to build plant in East Tennessee
Edited by timmay143, 21 January 2010 - 08:34 PM.
