Cite State’s Leadership in Clean Energy Development in Effort to Bring Largest Solar Panel Factory in Nation to ColoradoWashington, DC – The entire Colorado Congressional Delegation, Governor John Hickenlooper, and leaders of Colorado ’s public research institutions banded together today to encourage General Electric (GE) to locate a new solar panel manufacturing facility in the state that has the potential to create over 400 good-paying jobs for Coloradans.
In a letter to General Electric Energy’s vice president of renewables, Colorado leaders touted the state’s leadership in clean energy research, innovation and manufacturing as reasons to build in the state of Colorado what has the potential to be the nation’s largest solar panel manufacturing facility.
“ Colorado is on the leading edge of clean energy economic development and we can’t think of a better place to site such a facility,” the leaders said in the letter. “GE would find a fruitful partnership with the State of Colorado . As state and federal collaboration can facilitate innovative economic opportunities such as GE’s proposal, we stand ready to provide any additional help to attract this facility to Colorado .”
At least 10 states are being considered for the facility.
Colorado leaders signing the letter were U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall; Governor John Hickenlooper; U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Ed Perlmutter, Mike Coffman, Jared Polis, Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton; University of Colorado President Bruce Benson; Colorado State University Chancellor Joe Blake and Colorado School of Mines President Bill Scoggins.
