Post from Elizabeth Chan's Blog: Live at 1:20 p.m. ET: President Obama Talks Jobs in California

Post from Elizabeth Chan's Blog:

Live at 1:20 p.m. ET: President Obama Talks Jobs in California

By Elizabeth Chan - May 26, 2010 1:14:38 PM ET

UPDATE: The event has now ended.

This afternoon President Obama will be in Fremont, California, touring Solyndra Inc., a solar-panel manufacturing facility. He will later deliver remarks on jobs and the economy to Solyndra employees. You can listen live here or from the White House’s website at 1:20 p.m. ET:

Thanks in part to a loan guarantee from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Solyndra Inc. is building a commercial-scale manufacturing plant for solar photovoltaic panels—one of the biggest Recovery Act–funded projects as measured by jobs. Plant construction has created more than 3,000 jobs, and the company expects as many as 1,000 new long-term positions once construction is finished. And job creation isn’t limited to Fremont, California. The White House notes that the benefits are being felt across the country.

The project is creating jobs around the country. Construction materials for the facility itself are being manufactured by workers in Arkansas, Washington, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and 18 other states. The advanced manufacturing equipment is being made by workers in Michigan, Tennessee, Colorado, and eight other states. The raw materials to run the facility will come from 15 states, including Wisconsin, Ohio, and Kentucky. When the first solar panels are shipped in late 2010, they will be delivered by freight companies and installed by even more new workers.

Learn more about Solyndra Inc. and the government’s investment in clean energy.