The Hudson Valley is poised to be a hotbed of solar-energy-related businesses. Chris Alsante, of Solartech Renewables stands beside some finished solar panels that his company has made. The company is awaiting UL approval before ramping up to full production.
Marked out with blue painter's tape on the floor of the assembly room at Solartech Renewables in Kingston is a series of rectangles, laid end to end. The shapes are the outlines of the production line the company will add if it wins a major contract for which it has bid.
Here, in these taped-off boxes, is the potential for the solar industry in New York state.
Will it grow, or will it stagnate and choke off under competition from Germany, which heavily subsidizes solar installations, and China, which has the advantages of cheap labor and lax"
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