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Monolith Solar Expanding To Slingerlands

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published October 15, 2014 at 4:21 PM EDT

Monolith Solar, which engineers, designs and installs solar energy modules is expanding in the Capital Region.

Monolith will build its new headquarters, and research and development and manufacturing facility in the Vista Technology Campus in Slingerlands. The project will create 76 new jobs. Monolith also plans to install a solar farm on site, producing enough electricity to power most of the tech park.

Ken Adams is President and CEO of Empire State Development: "This is an area of technology where New York State really does compete. We compete nationally, and we compete globally." ESD is providing the company with a $400,000 grant and $400,000 in Excelsior Jobs Program performance based tax credits.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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