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On April 28, Dr. Stephanie A. Burns, Dow Corning chairman, president and CEO, delivered keynote remarks during a Brookings Institution briefing titled, “Scaling up Solar: how far can we go?” in Washington, D.C. Burns was invited in recognition of the leadership role Dow Corning has played in the solar energy sector.

Her speech focused on the policies needed to scale-up and expand the solar energy industry in the United States.

"We are decidedly behind other nations in harvesting the sun's power to help satisfy our enormous appetite for energy,” she said. “Dow Corning entered the advocacy arena because we have customers — advanced manufacturers and job creators — who realize the immense potential of the enormous, untapped U.S. market for alternative energy. These customers wanted to know what we, as a world-leading solar component manufacturer, were doing to influence the growth of this industry in the U.S.”

Dow Corning’s silicon-based materials are used in solar cell manufacturing, solar module assembly and installation. In the past five years, Dow Corning and its joint venture Hemlock Semiconductor Group, have announced investments of more than $5 billion to research and develop as well as to expand production of materials critical to the solar industry.

Dow Corning has proposed a four-point plan to address the technical, legislative, regulatory, manufacturing and workforce-related factors that influence America’s ability to develop a thriving, domestic, renewable energy industry. Learn more about Dow Corning’s efforts to promote a comprehensive energy policy at http://www.dowcorning.com/solarpolicy.

About Dow Corning

Dow Corning provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000 products and services via the company’s Dow Corning® and XIAMETER® brands. Dow Corning is a joint venture equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Incorporated. More than half of Dow Corning’s annual sales are outside the United States.

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About Hemlock Semiconductor Group

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.

HSC and HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR are trademarks of Dow Corning Corporation.

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