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MegadealsSubsidy Tracker Individual Entry
Company: United Solar Ovonic (no longer operating)
Parent Company:
Energy Conversion Devices
Subsidy Source: multiple
Location: Michigan
City: Battle Creek
County: Calhoun
Project Description: solar panel production facility
Year: 2008
Major Industry of Parent: miscellaneous energy products and systems
Specific Industry of Parent: energy products
Subsidy Value: $96,900,000
Program Name: multiple
Awarding Agency: multiple
Type of Subsidy:
MEGADEAL (Archived)
Number of Jobs or Training Slots: 350
Capital Investment: $260,000,000
Source of Data: The value of the subsidy package and the job and investment projections came from: High Road or Low Road? Job Quality in the New Green Economy (Good Jobs First, February 2009), p.13; online at
(click here). See also: Stephanie Antonian Rutherford, "Solar gets incentives," Battle Creek Enquirer, October 29, 2008.
Notes: The bulk of the package consisted of Renaissance Zone-enabled property tax abatements worth an estimated $67 million. The project was also awarded state tax credits and job training assistance. Construction of the plant was completed in 2008, but the company never started production. United Solar's parent, Energy Conversion Devices, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012. Overlap with main Subsidy Tracker data: a $24.4 million MEGA tax credit entry for 2009.
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