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Eastern Germany's solar valley restarting

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Alexa Meyer
September 21, 2021

In the Eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, a once burgeoning solar industry had to close up shop. Now Swiss company Meyer Burger has moved to Saxony-Anhalt to give it another go.

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