Arizona is attracting New Solar Companies

11 solar manufacturers have located to Phx Metro - NY Times - Cities aggressively pursue clean-tech firms. Last August, a Spanish company called Rioglass Solar announced plans to build a factory in Surprise, Ariz., a suburb 25 miles outside Phoenix. Building a 160,000-foot, highly automated plant takes time, but Surprise was hungry. It sped Rioglass through the permitting process and suspended fees. It had already informed Rioglass that the site had the electric, water and rail access it needed Solar manufacturers have been partly driven by a renewable-energy tax break Arizona recently passed. But they've also been lured by Arizona's aggressive courtship -- the combined efforts of officials and businessmen to outbid other states starving for jobs.

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