GE ploughs $600m into "most efficient" solar PV panel

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General Electric to build largest solar manufacturing plant in US, and secures more than 100MW of new orders

General Electric (GE) has unveiled a $600m investment strategy to beef up its presence in the growing solar energy market, announcing that it will build a 400MW factory to produce what it says will be...

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