Solar Startup Plans Big Factory in S.C. - NYTimes.com

"AQT Solar’s plant is to be installed in phases in an existing 184,000-square-foot building in Blythewood, north of Columbia. By the end of 2014, the thin-film solar factory will have an annual manufacturing capacity of 1,000 megawatts and employ up to 1,000 workers, said Michael Bartholomeusz, chief executive of the company, a Sunnyvale, Calif., startup."