Solar cell company to build plant in Michigan

Posted: 04.01.2010 at 11:31 AM

Read more: Local, State, Solar Cells, Michigan, Saginaw, Suniva

It will directly employ about 500 people

SAGINAW -- A solar cell maker says it'll use a $141 million federal loan guarantee to build a plant in downstate Saginaw County.

It will directly employ about 500 people.

The Norcross, Georgia-based company, Suniva, says the U.S. Department of Energy chose the project under a program that promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy.

The company makes monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules.

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