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Washington State could shine as solar hub

September 18, 2009 /

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Washington is falling short of its potential to attract solar panel manufacturers, say the results of a report released by GTM Research and the Prometheus Institute this month.

Washington ranked No. 4 among the top 10 most favorable states for silicon-based solar panel manufacturing, yet it’s the only state among them that doesn’t have any constructed or planned facilities.

"It means that (Washington) has an opportunity that is not being taken advantage of," said Shyam Mehta, an energy analyst with GTM Research and the report’s author.

BY LIBBY TUCKER
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER

Full Story: http://columbian.com/article/20090917/BIZ01/709179983/-1/BIZ

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Have a Nice Day

The other day, Splinter gave me a tour of the company’s Silicon Valley facility, culminating with a visit to its “war room,” where Applied maintains a real-time global interaction with all 14 solar panel factories it’s built around the world in the last two years. I could only laugh because crying would have been too embarrassing.

Not a single one is in America.

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

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