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More Solar jobs in the Hudson Valley

14 Apr 09 | Solar Electric

In the good news department, another PV company has chosen the Hudson Valley to set up manufacturing facility.

SpectraWatt, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon photovoltaic cells, announced it would move its headquarters from Oregon to the Hudson Valley Research Park in East Fishkill, initially creating over 100 jobs within the first year of operation. That will go up to 150 by the time phase one is up and running in two years.The company expects to be in production early in 2010. Its first factory line will have an initial manufacturing capacity of 60 megawatts; additional lines are being planned with site capacity exceeding 120 mw within the first two years of operation.

This is a good use of excess manufacturing space at the IBM East Fishkill’s Hudson Valley Research Park. Building 334 is currently a 300 mm and 200 mm chip fab for NXP (Formerly Philips Semiconductor). The press release goes on to cite an abundance of skilled labor plus many economic incentives offered by Dutchess County and the State of New York.

All of this is good news of course, for the local community and for the solar industry. I would like to see some type of solar thermal panel manufacturer in this area. Solar heating is still 4-5 times more efficient that photovoltaics. As proven by my own solar thermal installation plus many many more in the area, it works well in this climate and can make a significant reduction in residential energy use.

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14 Apr 09 | Solar Electric
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