Siemens selected the Pittsburgh suburb of Churchill, PA over Orlando and Dallas-Ft. Worth. Nine metropolitan centers and 123 sites were in the running for the contract.
Siemens currently operates a research and development pilot fuel cell plant at the Pittsburgh site. The plant's first 180,000-sf building breaks ground next month 3 ½ miles northwest of Churchill and expects to be open by July 2002.
Pennsylvania economic development agencies and Gov. Tom Ridge, President Bush's newly appointed Homeland Security Commissioner, beat out the competition with a financial incentives package that comprises $8.2 million in tax credits and grants; and a $4 million line of credit for low-interest loans.
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