Solar-panel factory to create 65 jobs
Published: Tue, Jul. 08, 2008 12:30AM
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closeRALEIGH -- A solar-panel company will create 65 jobs and invest more than $36 million in the next three years to build a factory in Mecklenburg County.
Sencera International of Charlotte, which has 10 employees, develops and manufactures silicon thin-film solar modules that generate electricity. The new jobs, which will be added over the next three years, will pay average annual wages of $73,462, which is more than the Mecklenburg County average annual wage of $48,724.
The company will receive a $62,000 state grant to help pay for the expansion, Gov. Mike Easley's office announced Monday. Sencera's headquarters and present operations will be located in the new facility, near Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
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Last week, state officials also announced that Sencera will receive $100,000 from the N.C. Green Business Fund, a $1 million pool of money aimed at boosting small businesses in the state that are developing alternative-energy technologies.
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