page_title: Solar power in Oregon
section_title: Manufacturing
hierarchical_section_title: Solar power in Oregon / Manufacturing
caption_attribution_description: English: SolarWorld plant in Hillsboro, Oregon.
context_page_description: Solar power in Oregon has been growing in recent years due to new technological improvements and a variety of regulatory actions and financial incentives enacted by the state government.
context_section_description: Many solar manufacturing companies have chosen to operate in Oregon because of its cheap hydroelectric power which is important for manufacturing and because of its close proximity to California's large market. The inexpensive hydroelectric power has also contributed to the high-tech manufacturing companies located in the state's Silicon Forest as well as several data centers such as Google's Project 02.
  Oregon was one of the only three states (along with Michigan and Ohio) to manufacture more than 100 MW of solar panels during 2009. SolarWorld's plant in Hillsboro, Oregon is the largest solar cell manufacturing factory in North America and is planned to produce 500 MW of panels annually by 2012.
caption: SolarWorld plant in Hillsboro, Oregon
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