Posted AT 12:09 PM EST on 25/08/08
Quebec snags new silicon plant
Norwegian solar company Renewable Energy Corp. plans to build a silicon plant in Quebec, to take advantage of that province's cheap and abundant electricity.
REC, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of silicon and wafers for solar power applications, will build the plant in Bécancour, just across the St. Lawrence river from Trois Rivières.
Bécancour is also the home of the silicon plant run by Timminco Corp.
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