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eSolar Unveils Lancaster Plant

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Pasadena-based solar thermal technology developer eSolar has unveiled a Lancaster solar power plant this morning, saying that the firm's 24,000 mirror, 5-megawatt plant will provide electricity for more than 4,000 homes in the Antelope Valley. Tags: cleantech edison california southern lancaster energy thermal solar esolar.

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BYD Facing Critics Over Labor Practices In LA

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Electric bus maker BYD is on the defensive, after a recent report which says that BYD--despite huge fanfare over its creation of a bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster--employs less than 40 workers here, and has been under investigation for importing Chinese workers and paying them at less than minimum wage. READ MORE>>.

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