In an area of the world that gets tons of sunlight, and is swimming in oil money, it’s not surprising that the Middle East’s largest solar panel manufacturing facility will be built in Dubai. Announced at the Green Dubai World Forum 2008, the 1-million square foot Solar Technolgies FZE facility is expected to begin construction at the end of 2008, with production beginning in 2010. It has not yet been announced how many panels the plant will be able to turn out in a year, but the Khaleej Times says that the first phase will see the production of solar panels as big as 5.7sqm.