Based in Guelph, Ontario, Linamar says it will initially hire 52 workers to get operations started in 2011and add 23 more within three years. The company will lease space at Glendale near the Phoenix airport.

Stirling affiliate Tessera Solar says it has power purchase agreements in Arizona, California and Texas that will require delivery of more than 65,000 SunCatchers.

As reported by Recharge, the biggest supply deal is for 34,000 dishes at a site in Calico, California, to deliver 850MW power Southern California Edison.

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