The future is here – well, in Clarksville anyway
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 8:04 amHemlock Semiconductor has officially started construction of a $1.2 billion solar panel manufacturing plant in Montgomery County. We couldn’t find any renderings, but here are some dandy stats to mix into your weekend conversations.
Total construction time for the entire project is estimated to be nearly three years. The site will contain over 150,000 cubic yards of concrete, 20,000 tons of structural steel, and more than one million feet of piping, which equates to 1.3 miles of piping installed per week.
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Tennessee tops big deals list
Posted on May 11, 2009 at 8:09 amFrom the Free Press:
In a time of smaller business investment nationwide, Tennessee is leading the country in landing the biggest business deals.
Among the top 10 biggest business announcements in North America last year, two were in Tennessee, according to the annual report of such deals by Site Selection magazine.
The $1 billion Volkswagen auto assembly plant in Chattanooga announced in July and the $1.2 billion Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. polysilicon plant, which will make solar-panel components, in Clarksville, Tenn., announced in December were among only $3 billion business deals on the Site Selection list for 2008.
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Dust off your hard hat
Posted on March 18, 2009 at 2:13 pmHemlock will break ground on its Clarksville plant tomorrow. The project is worth about $1.2 billion and will create 500 jobs.
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Solar industry set for a dark time
Posted on March 4, 2009 at 2:12 pmNow that Tennessee is set to be home to more than 1,000 solar industry jobs, reports like these mean a bit more to us.
“While oversupply in the solar market has been looming for some time, the correction has been more aggressive due to the economic crisis,” according to Ted Sullivan, Senior Analyst at Lux Research, and the report’s lead author. “In order to reduce inventories, suppliers will have slashed their cell and module prices by 25% or more.”
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The green jobs Mecca
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 9:53 amEconomic Development Commissioner Matt Kisber praises Tennessee’s ability to attract industry at a recent Kiwanis Club gathering:
“Hemlock Semiconductor announced an initial investment of $1.2 billion to build a plant in Clarksville to manufacture polycrystalline and silicon, the primary components in the manufacture of solar panels. Hemlock fully expects to spend $2.5 billion or more in Tennessee to create nearly 900 new jobs.” Kisber made the remarks at the Downtown Kiwanis Club.
Kisber also said, “Shoals Technologies, a company working on innovative solar technology engineering. This $10 million investment will create initially a hundred jobs and company officials say they are on track to employ 300 people in Gallatin within three years.
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Hemlock is the anchor
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 1:50 pmMilt Capps follows up with ECD Commissioner Matt Kisber on how his team and Governor Bredesen plan to follow up the massive solar energy investment.
“I’ve got two more years here [as governor] and I’d love to have two more Hemlocks here, and I want to know how I get that done,” the governor told his task force.
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Austin Peay gets piece of Hemlock deal
Posted on December 15, 2008 at 7:46 amThe state will invest more than $6 million to train workers in polycrystalline silicon production. Hemlock is expected toay to announce a Clarksville project worth more than $1 billion.
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Topping VW
Posted on December 13, 2008 at 11:40 amGov. Bredesen said the planned Hemlock Semiconductor plant in Clarksville – which is scheduled to be announced Monday – could be “potentially the largest investment ever in the state of Tennessee, and something that really helps to put us in the forefront of an area that is going to be very, very important in the future.”
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