[CPEO-BIF] Pennsylvania solar

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pennsylvania is Turning Brownfields into Green Investments
Governor Edward Rendell is using creative initiatives and incentives to 
attract green energy companies and clean up brownfields, increasing 
investment and new jobs.

By Donna Clapp
Business Facilities
July 2009


Pennsylvania's efforts to attract solar energy manufacturers to the 
state and create green-collar jobs recently took a major step forward, 
according to a report from Gov. Edward G. Rendell.

Under new guidelines approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, 
Pennsylvania businesses, economic development organizations and 
political subdivisions now can apply for a share of a new $80-million 
program for solar energy. The program is designed to advance projects 
that generate and use solar energy, or that manufacture and assemble 
solar equipment.

The new program is a component of the $650-million Alternative Energy 
Investment Fund that Rendell signed into law in July 2008. The fund is 
expected to create at least 10,000 new jobs and attract more than $3.5 
billion in private investment to Pennsylvania.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.businessfacilities.com/bf_09_07_news2.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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