China's Suntech Will Build Solar Panels in U.S.

Biggest Solar Manufacturer Could Provide 1,000 US Jobs Suntech, China's solar leader and the world's largest producer of photovoltaics by volume, will build a factory in the United States. "We believe in the outstanding long-term prospects of the solar energy market in the United States," said Shi Zhengrong, Suntech's CEO (and erstwhile richest man in China). "A number of favorable developments have l...