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New Senate bill will boost Cleantech manufacturing sector
June 25, 2009
A new Senate bill sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown aims to improve the long-term competitiveness of American manufacturers and enhance domestic capacity for manufacturing clean energy technologies including geothermal, solar, wind and hydroelectric power, as well as aiding suppliers in providing components to assist automakers in meeting upcoming stricter federal fuel efficiency and emissions standards. The legislation is also an incentive for former semiconductor manufacturing companies to transform capacity to solar cell production, as several major players have done in recent years.