Site Selection

Facility Planning

Workforce Development

Business+Place

AD Editorial Board

Bill Luttrell

Senior Locations Strategist, Werner Global Logistics, Werner Enterprises
Bradley Migdal

Senior Managing Director, Business Incentives Practice, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Brian Corde

Managing Partner, Atlas Insight
Christine Bustamante

National Co-Leader, Global Location and Expansion Services, State and Local Tax, KPMG LLP
Dan Levine

Practice Leader, Location Strategies and Economic Development, Oxford Economics, Inc.
Dan White

Senior Economist, Moody's Analytics
Dean J. Uminski, CEcD

Principal, Crowe Horwath
Dennis Cuneo

Managing Partner , Fisher & Phillips
Eric Stavriotis

Senior Vice President, CBRE, Inc.
Gregory Burkart

Managing Director and Practice Leader, Site Selection & Business Incentive Advisory Services, Duff & Phelps, LLC
Jamie Lominack

Corporate Real Estate Manager, Michelin North America
John Morris

SIOR, Industrial Services Lead for the Americas, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Josh Bays

Principal, Site Selection Group, LLC
Les Cranmer

Senior Managing Director, Savills Studley
Marc Beauchamp

Vice President & Partner, The CAI Global Group
Michael McDermott

Consulting Manager, Global Business Consulting, Cushman & Wakefield
Minah Hall

Managing Director, True Partners Consulting LLC
Scott Kupperman

Founder, Kupperman Location Solutions
Scott Redabaugh

Managing Director, JLL
Stephen Gray

CEO, Gray Construction
Thomas J. Stringer, Esq.

Managing Director & Practice Leader, Site Selection and Business Incentives Group, BDO USA
Tim Feemster

Managing Principal, Foremost Quality Logistics

Clear Energy Systems Plans Manufacturing Plant Expansion In Tempe, Arizona

Area Development News Desk

06/07/2012

Clear Energy Systems, a producer of mobile and distributed power generation systems, began construction on its 158,000-square-foot manufacturing plant at Elliot Business Park in Tempe, Arizona, with plans to create 225 jobs.

Clear Energy Systems is investing $10 million in the local economy by expanding operations from its new location at 7825 S. Hardy Drive and West Elliott Road.

Clear Energy Systems said it chose the Elliot Business Park location for its enhanced building features, which include structures to support heavy duty manufacturing equipment and layout compatibility with the company's production targets. "I am pleased that our planned expansion in Tempe is moving forward, and we are one step closer to moving into our new home," said Tony Carmen, President and CEO of Clear Energy Systems. "We looked at many locations for our new site, and it was the collaborative work and support from Governor Jan Brewer, the Arizona Commerce Authority, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, and the City of Tempe that ultimately sealed the deal for us to bring the Genesis 1000 to Elliot Business Park." Genesis 1000 is the firm's one megawatt generator to be manufactured on the site that can operate using natural gas or low-emission fuels.

"Tempe has long considered itself to be a great place to do business, and Clear Energy's decision to expand here reinforces that belief," said Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman.

Don Cardon, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority said; "The ACA worked closely with our economic development partners and the City of Tempe to ensure Clear Energy Systems knew all of the incredible benefits of doing business in Arizona. Clear Energy is a global leader in advanced technology, and the product being made in Tempe will likely be exported and provide incredible benefits to millions of people around the world."

While details of an incentive package are not immediately available, the firm said tax breaks and job training grants offered as part of The Arizona Competitiveness Package was instrumental in persuading it to expand.

"Clear Energy Systems' decision to stay in Greater Phoenix is testament to the unique collaborative effort Greater Phoenix has in support of regional economic development," said Barry Broome, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. "Clear Energy Systems is exactly the type of innovative company we like to see putting down roots in the region, and the City of Tempe is certainly the right place for them to do so."