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Daily Record Financial News &

Friday, March 9, 2018

Vol. 105, No. 080 • One Section

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JinkoSolar plans $50.5M Cecil plant China-based company would hire 200 by year-end 2019, open Jacksonville HQ. By Karen Brune Mathis Editor JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc., suspected since January to be planning a Jacksonville manufacturing plant, is proposing a $50.5 million solar-panel assembly and distribution operation at Cecil Commerce Center, according to City Council legislation posted Thursday. Although not in the legislation, JinkoSolar also intends to establish its U.S. headquarters in Jacksonville, said council Vice

PROPOSED SOLAR PLANT

President Aaron Bowman, senior vice president of business development for JAXUSA Partnership, the economic development division of JAX Chamber. “Jinko has told us that yes, this will be their U.S. headquarters,” he said. Jinko has a sales office in San Francisco. Bowman said the company wanted to establish its footprint in Jacksonville. “Jinko is probably if not No. 1, one of the top solar panel manuJinkoSolar

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JinkoSolar is planning to open a solar panel plant at 4660 New World Ave. The 407,435-square-foot building is part of AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center.

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Special to the Daily Record

COOLING TOWERS TO START FALLING

The cooling towers at the St. Johns River Power Park as seen from along New Berlin Road in North Jacksonville.

JEA seeks permit to begin demolition of Power Park structures with implosion likely in July. By David Cawton Staff Writer Work to decommission the St. Johns River Power Park in North Jacksonville could begin soon now that JEA has filed plans with the city to begin demolition work. The utility applied for a permit that shows a $14.5 million construction job for the demolition

of two 464-foot-tall cooling towers at the power park at 11201 New Berlin Road. JEA and Florida Power & Light co-own the plant that ceased operations in January after receiving shutdown approval in September from the Florida Public Service Commission. Utility spokeswoman Gerri Boyce said taking down the cooling towers is the first phase of the estimated $68 million plan to decommission and

remediate the site. After receiving 15 submissions Oct. 4 from contractors outlining their qualifications, the utility narrowed the field to seven companies, which then submitted all-inclusive bids with pricing and the scope of work. On Nov. 16, New York-based Total Wrecking & JEA

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