Behind-the-scenes work in Oregon on brink of landing $200 million Solexant Corp. solar plant

Oregon officials worked clandestinely for the past three years to land a California company willing to invest more than $200 million building a Portland-area solar factory.

Using the code-name Project Ready, whose blandness perhaps discouraged exposure, state investment recruiters persuaded Solexant Corp. to list Oregon as first choice for a plant that could eventually employ hundreds.

By Richard Read, The Oregonian

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