MEMC, Petrobras Planning 1.1-Megawatt Solar Plant in Brazil
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MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., the second-biggest U.S. supplier of polysilicon, is planning a solar farm that will be tied for the largest in Brazil with the country’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
MEMC’s SunEdison unit will build the 1.1-megawatt plant in the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte next to a thermoelectric plant controlled by Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras, the companies said in an e-mailed statement today. It’s expected to begin producing power by year-end.