THOMAS TOWNSHIP, MI-Georgia-based Suniva Inc. will invest $250 million in a new solar manufacturing facility here. Suniva will create 500 new jobs over the next five years, subject to receiving a Department of Energy loan guarantee. MORE
PEARLAND, TX-Medical device manufacturer Cardiovascular Systems Inc. has signed a 10-year lease for a new 46,000-square-foot manufacturing facility here. MORE
KANSAS CITY, MO-A Missouri low-interest loan program for the
first time is covering solar and wind projects when small businesses or homes
use them to meet their energy needs. MORE
MURRYSVILLE, PA-Philips Respironics opened a new $32 million, state-of-the-art plant here to assemble products used for treating sleep apnea. The two-story, 172,000-square-foot building employs about 325 people. MORE
AMES, IA-Under the direction of associate professor Vinay Dayal, Iowa State students are looking for ways to make wind turbines roll off U.S. assembly lines more efficiently. They hope to improve the productivity of turbine blade factories by as much as 35 percent. MORE