After Chinese Turbine Controversy, Companies Plan American Plant

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Two companies that encountered political backlash for their plans to use Chinese-made wind turbines to build a giant wind farm in west Texas have announced plans to build a new turbine factory — in the United States.

The U.S. Renewable Energy Group, a private-equity firm, and A-Power Energy Generation Systems, a Chinese turbine maker, said in a statement on Tuesday that they had signed an agreement to build “a new production and assembly plant in the United States that will supply highly advanced wind energy turbines to renewable energy projects throughout North and South America.”

The announcement comes two weeks after Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, announced that he would oppose the use of stimulus funding to aid the group’s planned $1.5 billion wind farm in west Texas, because its 240 turbines, from A-Power, would be made in China.

Many details are unclear about the planned facility. The companies say that the plant would would employ about 1,000 American workers in addition to creating construction jobs. Where exactly it will be located, however, and when construction and production would start, was not immediately clear.

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/...american-plant/

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Good, it is about time they start making stuff here again...