Strategies help solar companies hang on as industry tightens

Like other regions of the country, the Great Lakes Bay Region -- which encompasses Midland, Saginaw, Bay City and surrounding areas of Michigan -- saw its share of solar departures in the past year.

Despite these departures, area economic development officials -- and officials at solar companies such as Hemlock Semiconductor Group, Dow Solar Solutions, Dow Chemical Co. and Dow Corning Corp. -- still say solar has a future. Read about it here.