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New Mexico looks to harvest jobs from sun
Solar thermal tubes. Courtesy Schott.A new solarvoltaic production plant is opening in Albuquerque.
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A new solarvoltaic production plant is opening in Albuquerque. It's owned by Schott Solar. The plant opens in a month and will employ about 300 people. Schott North America is based in Roseville, California. It is owned by Zeiss Foundation of Germany, not a publicly traded company.
Schott will make both standard photovoltaic panels and solar-thermal collector tubes at the Albuquerque factory.