who cares what the uniform or paycheck says at the end of the week when you are cashing that check for groceries for your family??? Do you care if its a foreign company paying for your groceries??? Nope, you want a wind job!

From the AWEA WEBSITE:::

The real story here is that companies hailing from the automobile, trucking and railcar, marine, defense and appliance manufacturing sectors are flocking to the American wind industry to find new business and growth opportunities. German-based Siemens turned a Wabash trucking facility into a nacelle facility in Fort Madison, Iowa. Trinity Industries turned a railcar facility into a tower manufacturing shop in Clinton, Illinois. Vestas committed $1 billion in 4 manufacturing facilities in Colorado. TPI turned an old Maytag shop into a blade facility in Newton, Iowa. Nordic, a new turbine entrant, turned a WWII ship gun facility into a wind manufacturing shop in Pocatello, Idaho. Not all of these companies may be American, but they are sure investing in America in a big way. I hope we don’t turn investment away because their names are unknown.

The U.S. has the historic opportunity here to get American manufacturing jobs–let’s act on it! In a letter to Congress sent 6 months ago, the wind manufacturing industry laid out exactly what it will take to get more wind manufacturing here in America and what is at risk if we don’t act. The story hasn’t changed. We’ve been clear that we want more manufacturing in the U.S. and we are offering the pathway. Build a long-term market, and they will come. Heck, the industry has been saying this since before the Recovery Act, and before the financial crisis. The ball is out of our court now. It’s time for Congress to pass comprehensive legislation with a strong renewable commitment, the Renewable Electricity Standard