VSK Energy to Invest Up to $1.5B to Scale Vertically Integrated Production of American-Made Solar

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Vikram Solar, Phalanx Impact Partners and Das & Co. have formed a new U.S. joint venture and majority U.S.-owned and operated company – VSK Energy LLC – with plans to invest up to $1.5 billion to develop a vertically integrated solar manufacturing operation in the United States. A two-phase investment, Mortenson will oversee the engineering and construction and intends to hire hundreds of team members from the local communities, including pipefitters, electricians, sheet metal workers, plumbers, operators, carpenters, laborers, safety professionals and more. The first phase of development consists of a $250-million investment to develop an American solar photovoltaic module … Read more

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Medical College of Wisconsin Breaks Ground for Cancer Research Building

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The Medical College of Wisconsin broke ground on its new 150,000-square-foot cancer research building that will help mitigate the cancer burden throughout eastern Wisconsin and beyond. MCW leadership along with supporters from the community and government representatives took part in the groundbreaking event at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center. Once complete, the MCW Cancer Research Building will be the only cancer-dedicated research facility in Milwaukee and eastern Wisconsin. It will centralize the MCW cancer research programs, which now consist of nearly 700 researchers in 135 labs campuswide. It will also create space to enable more synergistic cancer research projects to … Read more

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