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Report: Colorado Lands GE Solar Plant

DENVER (Denver Business Journal) - Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to announce -- possibly as soon as Friday -- that Colorado has landed General Electric's manufacturing plant for thin-film solar panels, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

GE first announced in April that it planned to build a plant capable of manufacturing solar panels that would employ 400 workers and could generate up to 400 megawatts of electricity a year. That's enough to power 80,000 homes a year.

Read more on the website of CBS4 partner the Denver Business Journal.

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