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15 <br />DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR CLUSTER IN ORANGE COUNTY April 13, 2009 <br />Orange County Economic Development Commission <br />2008). An important task in the successful build-out of clusters will be to ensure that the <br />clusters integrate the existing supply chain network. The cluster approach is discussed in <br />more detail in the following section. <br />Solar Power: The Potential Supply Chain, 2008 <br />296 Firms in North Carolina <br />Potentl al Solar Power Firms by NAICS <br />• 315211-PlsYim MalvlelBReyrve2 <br />• ]z5n]-un.mn~.ePMmaFUnasers(xegPMeyllyy7s <br />• 321217-FMt OIMa-9 <br />6 932322-Sheet Malel Wbk-01 <br />! 99ee1]-SentlevNClvsflReiebtl DeMOe HS <br />® 33/StS-InlnmerretrMeaaainpd Te>lip EIOMWyG <br />i 335]13-SNtdgwdSW~bwNPppre4u-10 <br />• 335911-SbryeBRisbs-2 <br />• 93931-Cvrtnt;eeyyy yyidnyDMms-B <br /> 939-9-EbOfIXee Equlpnretil entl Camponmis, MbC.E1 <br />NC Depl o(Cammaru <br />FoonoMC Dw. Raebnfl <br />~. cn.rbn. <br />L- <br />~.... NeMUSt <br />.emw7fibe <br />~: ce <br />~~. Yd u! <br />Q Ceu~wr mena.ees <br />- Mest.ls <br />?I <br />5K~ F <br />~~s <br />• <br />©© ~x~~. <br />QttIDeellW[!~/~YM <br />Figure 4 -Source: "Renewable Energy in North Carolina: The Potential Supply Chain", <br />Debbage, 2008. <br />The Cluster Approach <br />As presented in the Comprehensive Plan (Orange County, 2008), in 2004 a group <br />of Orange County businesses and IJNC-CH representatives developed a blueprint for an <br />economic strategy under the guidance of Dr. Michael Porter, a Harvazd regional <br />competitiveness expert. One of the goals form this task force was to "diversify the <br />economy by recruiting a wider array of clusters and focusing on opportunities at the <br />intersection of our strongest clusters." <br />As defined by Jonathon Q. Morgan in a recent article for UNC-CH's Populaz <br />Government magazine, clusters area `...geographically concentrated group of <br />interdependent firms and supporting institutions' (Morgan, 2004). Morgan has identified <br />For EDC use only 9 <br />