Grey Skies For The Green Energy Industry
From Macleans
Solar panel manufacturer Siliken opened its Canadian manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ont., last spring. The Spanish company hired 120 staff and expected to add more as it ramped up production of photovoltaic panels over the next year. It was a good news story for Windsor, hit hard by the recession and layoffs in the automotive industry, and it suggested Ontario’s ambitious plan to replace traditional rust-belt manufacturing jobs with those in the emerging “clean tech” sector was bearing fruit.
