Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Rochester, Former home to a Kodak inkjet facility in Canal Ponds ~ to house solar research center ~

ALBANY — A former Eastman Kodak building in Greece will be transformed into a $100 million solar-energy research and manufacturing center as part of SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, state officials are set to announce Wednesday.

 The CNSE Photovoltaic Manufacturing and TechnologyDevelopment Facility is expected to create more than 100 jobs at the 57,000-square-foot facility, according to a news release obtained by Gannett’s Albany bureau. The project had already been confirmed by federal officials in April, and renovations are underway.[Rochester D&C]

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