Solar panel maker Suntech plans Phoenix-area plant
PHOENIX – Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday announced plans for a Chinese-owned solar panel maker to build its U.S. headquarters and a manufacturing plant in the Phoenix area, propelling one of the nation’s sunniest states toward a bigger global presence in the renewable energy industry.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. said it expects to start building photovoltaic panels at the facility by the third quarter of 2010. The company, which has more