8/30/2012 2:08:00 PM

Poughkeepsie Journal: Solar gear deal to create jobs in Ulster, upstate

Poughkeepsie Journal

Saugerties, NY -- A deal between Ulster County-based Ceres Technologies and the Albany-based U.S. Photovoltaic Consortium was announced today by state officials who say it should create 250 jobs in Ulster and upstate.

Ceres is based in Saugerties. It makes process equipment for the solar photovoltaic and semiconductor industries. The project is worth $20 million, the announcement said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement said Ceres expects "that more than 250 green energy jobs will be created over the next five years, including research and development jobs and facilities and manufacturing jobs (including electrical and mechanical, software, drafting, design engineers, and trades), at its facility and supply chain in Saugerties and Kingston, as well as at CNSE in Albany."

CNSE is the state university's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, also known as Albany NanoTech.

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