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Doornbos Delivers Keynote Address at TN Governor’s Conference

Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation President and CEO, Rick Doornbos, was the keynote speaker Monday, September 14 in Nashville, TN at the 56th Annual Governor’s Conference on Economic and Community Development.

The two-day conference “Powering New Growth” attracted nearly 800 economic developers, industrial development boards, local government officials and community leaders from around the state. The conference focused on clean energy job creation and Tennessee’s role in advancing renewable energy.

“The benefits locally and nationally of a clean-energy revolution at which Tennessee is at the forefront can have astonishing implications,” said Doornbos. “It has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide, achieve greater energy security by placing us firmly on a path toward energy independence, rebuild our global competitiveness, and help reduce our global carbon footprint.”

In a recent report released by Pew Charitable Trusts, Tennessee was named the third highest state in terms of generating the most new renewable energy jobs.

During his keynote address on Tuesday, September 15, Governor Phil Bredesen officially announced funding support from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a Solar Demonstration Center in Western Tennessee which includes a 5 megawatt solar farm and education center, in addition to, a Solar Institute at University of Tennessee and Oakridge National Laboratories.

“This news is very gratifying especially because the Solar Demonstration Center and Solar Institute will be an important catalyst for corporate investment,” said Governor Bredesen.

About Hemlock Semiconductor:
The Hemlock Semiconductor Group (hscpoly.com) – Hemlock Semiconductor – is comprised of two joint ventures: Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C. The companies are joint ventures of Dow Corning Corporation, Shin-Etsu Handotai and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. Hemlock Semiconductor is a leading provider of polycrystalline silicon and other silicon based products used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices and solar cells and modules. Hemlock Semiconductor began its Michigan operations in 1961 and broke ground at its Tennessee location in 2009.