The Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) on Thursday approved $61 million in state tax credits over 15 years for Dow Chemical. Provided funding comes through, the company plans to use some of the the credits to build a new solar-shingle manufacturing plant in Midland, Michigan.
As reported by Midland Daily News, the move may create as [...]

In the latest indication that solar-panel makers are gearing up for growing U.S. demand in 2010 and beyond, Sharp Manufacturing Co. of America has added nearly 200 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Memphis. According to the Memphis Business Journal, the company’s move equates to a “hiring blitz“:
…Sharp’s local operation increased its staff from 300 to [...]