SINGAPORE — White-gloved hands carefully pack azure-blue solar cells at a vast new plant that Singapore persuaded Renewable Energy Corp. of Norway to build in the city-state.The plant, worth 2.6 billion Singapore dollars, or $1.85 billion, is the largest of its type in the world, making solar wafers, cells and panels that harness the sun’s energy.
Luring R.E.C. was a major coup and a key element of Singapore’s drive to become a global hub for clean-technology investment, development and education, plus a center for the carbon market. Full Story
