The recession has cast clouds over once fast-growing solar manufacturers.
California-based OptiSolar is laying off close to half of its workers at what it had hoped would become a huge solar-panel plant near Sacramento.
Austin-based HelioVolt, a thin-film solar manufacturer, is also cutting jobs, as reportedly is SunEdison.
Evergreen Solar, a solar manufacturer, announced that it would close down a pilot plant in Massachusetts as a cash-saving measure; it will incur a $25 million charge for writing off equipment. Most employees will be transferred to another Massachusetts factory, which is expanding.
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