California is streamlining government approvals for two prospective solar farms in East County, giving a boost to the French semiconductor company Soitec as it expands solar manufacturing at a factory in San Diego's Rancho Bernardo neighborhood. Aided by a $25 million grant from the Department of Energy, Soitec outfitted its local factory and ramped up production in earnest this year to supply an initial slate of utility-scale...
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