Article: United States: With $535M federal loan, Solyndra begins work on Fremont solar-panel plant.

Byline: sanjayV03

Giving a timely boost of stimulus to this city in the wake of the news that the giant NUMMI plant will close, and helping to cement the Bay Area as a center of the clean-tech industry, solar-panel maker Solyndra said Friday it would use a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government to build a factory here that will ultimately employ 2,000 people.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu came to Solyndra's headquarters just off Interstate 880, joined by Vice President Joe Biden via satellite, for the announcement that the company will construct a $733 million solar-panel manufacturing plant that would ...

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