Tennessee Governor Phill Bredesen announced Jan 21st that Confluence Solar Inc. plans to build a $200 million solar manufacturing plant in Clinton, Tennessee.
Tennessee is positioning itself to be a US leader in solar energy with the Hemlock Semiconductor polysilicon plant under construction in Charksville, TN and Wacker Chemie AG. in Cleveland, TN producing the material used by Confluence Solar to make silicon ingots for solar cells.
Sharp Electronics in Memphis is the second largest manufacturer of photovoltaic solar cells in the world. This is Sharp's first panel manufacturing facility outside of Japan. Albeit, 75% of the panels it produces are sold outside the US.
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