GEeee

Good news from GE, and it's about time.  Why is it so hard for our sacred, much-vaunted businesses in this country to set some money aside and open up some new facilities in this country?  Sure, people overseas will work for a small fraction of what U.S. workers expect, but where is the loyalty to your own country? 

I think we need to trash this whole "free trade" bullshit.  It has done little but move technology and jobs overseas.  U.S. companies should be PUNISHED and not REWARDED for moving jobs overseas.   They should be REWARDED for keeping jobs here.

This story tends to offset (a little) those recent stories about the mega-billions that GE has made over the last few years while not paying ONE CENT in taxes, and THEN demanding concessions from the unions!

GE To Build Largest Solar Panel Factory In U.S.


NEW YORK -- General Electric says it's going to build the nation's largest solar panel factory, part of a $600 million dollar bet on the future of solar power in the United States.



The new plant will employ 400 people and produce enough solar panels to power 80,000 homes per year, GE said Thursday. The company isn't saying where the plant will be located, but it does say that there are multiple locations being scouted.

GE says its thin film solar panel has been certified as the most energy efficient of its kind by the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado. The technology for the panel, called CdTe thin film, lends itself to low-cost, large-scale manufacturing.


GE recently acquired PrimeStar Solar Inc. a maker of thin film solar panels based in Colorado.


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