boy, its bad when the DOE even calls your reports “”"MISLEADING and ””FACTUALLY FALSE””

Great article from New York Times on the Shumer follies of stopping jobs for America trying to block China wind farm in Texas………….

March 4, 2010
DOE Disputes Senators’ Claims of Stimulus Grants Flowing Overseas By KATHERINE LING of Greenwire
The Energy Department official overseeing DOE stimulus spending said today that suspending renewable energy grants as urged by Senate Democrats would hurt domestic job creation.

“Halting the program at this point would not be helpful for jobs,” Matt Rogers, senior adviser to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation yesterday that would restrict grants to companies that rely on materials manufactured in the United States and create the bulk of jobs domestically (E&ENews PM, March 3).

Schumer cited a report by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University that states 79 percent of the $2 billion in renewable energy grants doled out from the stimulus went to foreign companies, as well as a controversial proposal by a U.S.-China joint venture to apply for $450 million in funding from the stimulus.

But Rogers called the American University report “at best, misleading” and “factually false.” It may have kept track of locations of companies’ headquarters but failed to identify the location of jobs created, which was in the United States.

If the stimulus funds are suspended, it creates uncertainty and so any projects going forward now will pause and any workers just hired “we will have to lay those people off,” Rogers said.

Rogers said DOE has not even seen an application from the proposed China-U.S. joint venture highlighted in the report, which said the project would create hundreds of U.S. construction jobs but thousands of manufacturing jobs in China.

“Until we have a project application, we have nothing to evaluate,” Rogers said.

The proposed U.S.-China venture would build a 648-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, generating enough power to light 135,000 homes. The venture is made up of China’s Shenyang Power Group, Texas-based Cielo Wind Power and the U.S. Renewable Energy Group.

Rogers added that the United States has a manufacturing shortfall, which is why Congress should expand the $2.3 billion renewable energy manufacturing tax credit, which was oversubscribed 3 to 1.

“We need to manage our supply and demand together,” Rogers said.

The U.S. stimulus incentives for manufacturing and development “have created the most attractive market for investment and job program in the world,” he added.

Dear Senator Shumer::

Your research and logic is flawed on trying to block USA stimulus money for the Texas /China 1.5 billion Wind Power project bringing 600MW’s of clean wind energy to USA and Texas. Lets review some USA companies that would be providing jobs for helping build this USA wind turbine plant sponsored by American companies Cielo an USREG on American soil using 70% USA jobs.

Trinity, builds wind turbine towers
DMI, builds wind turbine towers
Broadwind, Builds wind turbine towers and gearboxes
Zoltek, supplies wind blade materials
Woodward Governor, builds wind turbine motors and components
General Electric, builds Gearboxes for Wind Turbines

this is just a partial list of USA companies that would benefit using American workers to help build 70% of these 240 wind turbine components inside the USA.

there are many foreign companies located in the USA employing USA workers who could potentially help build this wind farm in Texas including LM Glassfiber and Vestas. Both employ Americans on USA soil but their paychecks at the end of the week still say Vestas or LM Glassfiber. Vestas could build the blades or the wind towers and LM GlassFiber could build the wind blades.

70% of 1.5 billion is alot of jobs for USA workers. Please do not try and rattle your november election sabers to the union clowns who beleive your rhetoric of distorted truth about NOT having USA jobs in Wind Power. Face the fact, GE is the only top 1 wind producer in USA because the other 29 of the top 30 are all foreign. The Senate should be more interested in passing Renewable Energy Standards to guarantee future wind contracts instead of polluting our world with dirty coal power.

Face the facts Senator Shumer, the LAW is the LAW and YOU VOTED for the LAW you are now saying is not fair ????? 70% of tens of thousands of USA jobs is much bettter than ZERO! Approve the Texas China Wind farm and lets get back to the USA building green energy instead of twisting facts and blowing smoke up the unions skirts for votes in November. Do you realize you might be holding GE (which is PARTNERED with APWR) back from securing a huge wind turbine gearbox contract COSTING your New York folks quite a few jobs in Schenectady (sp?) New York GE plant ???

03 Mar 2010 06:47:10 pm
AWEA blasts Schumer effort to shut down wind grant program

Here is a statement released today by AWEA CEO Denise Bode, in response to a proposal by Sen. Charles Schumer of New York and others to deny Recovery Act grants to projects containing less than 100% U.S. manufactured components:

At a time when the construction unemployment rate is nearly 25% and the manufacturing unemployment rate is 13%, this proposal would cost 50,000 American workers their jobs.

The truth is, by law, Recovery Act grants can only be used to finance projects that are being built in the United States.

This proposal would torpedo one of the most successful job creation efforts of the Recovery Act, which has already preserved half of the 85,000 American jobs in the U.S. wind industry.

Rather than adopt policies that will kill American jobs, Congress should enact policies that will create jobs by encouraging manufacturers to invest in U.S. plants. That means passing a Renewable Electricity Standard now.

The Recovery Act has been creating jobs by helping finance new American wind energy projects that have broken ground or been completed since the Act was passed. The proposed moratorium and legislation would kill this effort and destroy the momentum for one of the few industries that has been creating jobs and economic growth.

It is unfortunate that the proponents of this moratorium and legislation are using a deeply flawed study as the basis for a policy that would destroy tens of thousands of American jobs.

We support the goal of continuing the rapid expansion of U.S. wind manufacturing. More than half of the value of wind turbines used in U.S. wind projects is domestically produced, and that percentage is increasing every year as more turbine makers build U.S. manufacturing capability. We do not have the capability today to produce 100% of wind turbine components in the U.S., but we can grow our manufacturing base and add 274,000 American jobs if Congress passes a strong Renewable Electricity Standard.

its pretty obvious to me , Shumer either cannot read the 70% component of the Texas /China wind farm will be built inside USA with USA jobs or he is just trying to distort the truth to rattle the sabers to his union New York voters just in time for November election ???????

70% of the wind turbine parts will be built inside USA……..read it again, 70%!

70% is alot better than 0% jobs which if he continues on his one man SLASHING of GREEN POWER, Shumer seems to be working towards. Wind Blades and Wind Turbine Towers would be made in the USA for this wind turbine plant. 70% is better than NONE!

MARCH 3, 2010, 9:40 P.M. ET.Lawmakers Call for Suspension of Wind-Energy Grant Program By COREY BOLES and STEPHEN POWER
WASHINGTON—A Chinese company’s involvement in a proposed West Texas wind farm is sparking a clash between the Obama administration and leading Democratic lawmakers over whether “Buy America” requirements should be tightened for the use of federal stimulus dollars.

On Wednesday, the lawmakers, led by Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.), introduced legislation that would restrict all taxpayer money awarded through a wind-energy grant program to be allocated to companies that used the funds to create U.S. jobs.

WSJ’s Jeffrey Ball gives a preview of the Eco:nomics conference starting Thursday in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he says there’s going to be a new focus on uncertainty with regard to green technology.
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Their aim was to prevent a planned $1.5 billion wind energy project in West Texas–a joint venture between China’s Shenyang Power Group, Texas-based Cielo Wind Power and the U.S. Renewable Energy Group—from getting any funding under the program.

The lawmakers said the farm intended to apply for $450 million in funding from the program, even though components for the wind energy turbines would be manufactured in China before being shipped to the U.S.

The dispute comes as the Obama administration is trying to shift its focus to job creation in response to growing voter discontent with the continued high unemployment rate, underscoring the challenges it has faced in trying to generate more job growth. Many states have sought aggressively to woo Chinese investment, as the recession takes a hit on their economies.

The lawmakers also wrote to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, urging him to suspend all grant payments made through the program until the “loophole” could be closed. “Almost all of the jobs [from the West Texas project] will be created in China, not here in the U.S. where unemployment is hovering at 10%,” Mr. Schumer said.

Cielo President Walt Hornaday disputed the lawmakers’ assertion, saying construction and maintenance requirements for the project would create some 2,000 jobs directly or indirectly in the U.S. “It really has a chilling effect across the entire industry for folks to be proposing retroactive policy that would undo incentives that are already in place,” he said.

Obama administration officials said they had no intention of suspending the grant program, saying that such a move would cause “immediate layoffs” at manufacturing plants of companies that are depending on the program for support. “What these programs are doing is allowing companies all over the world to make investments in the United States,” Energy Secretary Steven Chu told reporters. “This is exactly what we want to be doing.”

Prospects for passing the legislation, which was also backed by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio), Bob Casey (D., Pa.) and Jon Tester (D., Mont.), weren’t immediately clear.

The wind-energy-grant program was created as part of last year’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan, one of several initiatives aimed at boosting growth in U.S. production of renewable-energy capacity.

The lawmakers said that $2 billion of the $3 billion allocated to the program has been spent, and 79% of the jobs created through it had benefitted overseas workers.

The legislation would also extend “Buy America” rules to private firms seeking stimulus dollars. The current language in the $787 billion economic recovery plan says any public sector projects must source all basic building materials from U.S. companies, but the restriction doesn’t apply to private companies.

Write to Corey Boles at corey.boles@dowjones.com and Stephen Power at stephen.power@wsj.com Rating :

VAST MAJORITY OF JOBS CREATED BY THE 600 MW WIND FARM WILL BE LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, DONE BY AMERICAN WORKERS Wednesday, March 3 2010
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Media Contact: Bill Riggs at (202) 429-4929 (202) 429-4929 or BillRiggs@Rational360.com

VAST MAJORITY OF JOBS CREATED BY THE 600 MW WIND FARM WILL BE LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, DONE BY AMERICAN WORKERS
A Minimum Of 70 Percent Of Each Wind Turbine Will Be Wholly Manufactured In The United States

WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Renewable Energy Group (US-REG) Managing Partner Cappy McGarr today issued the following statement regarding the enormous American job creation and economic benefits of the 600 MW wind energy project in response to recent criticism of the stimulus.

“The vast majority of the jobs created as a result of the 600 MW wind farm will be located in the United States and done by American workers. A minimum of 70 percent of each wind turbine in the 600 MW project, including the massive towers and blades, will be wholly manufactured in the United States and made entirely of American steel. It is incorrect to assume that the hundreds of additional jobs created aside from the direct construction and operation of the Texas plant would be outside the U.S.

“In addition to supplying clean energy for 180,000 American families, the $1.5 billion investment will ripple through the U.S. economy, providing millions of dollars in revenue to landowners, construction workers, engineers, developers, and local governments as well as, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional federal tax revenue that will be paid out over the life of the project. Without even considering the job creation and the many other economic benefits, the wind farm will more than pay back any incentives through the taxes it will pay to the U.S. government over the course of the project.

“As a result of the 600 MW wind farm, A-Power is able to begin construction of a major wind energy turbine and assembly plant in the United States that will result in 100 percent of each turbine either being wholly manufactured or assembled in the United States. This plant alone will employ over 1,000 American workers and serve as A-Power’s primary facility to supply highly advanced wind energy turbines to renewable energy projects throughout North and South America.

“The U.S. clean energy incentives are essential to maintaining America’s leadership in developing its renewable energy sector, and without these incentives, all these billions of dollars in foreign and domestic investment would be going to other countries that have similar or more aggressive renewable energy policies. The 600MW wind farm, the wind energy technology plant, along with all the thousands of new high-paying jobs, represent a huge win for America in attracting foreign investment to build its clean energy infrastructure.

“Without the incentives, these projects would never materialize, the foreign investment would go to Europe or Asia, and America would be at an unfair disadvantage in the global race to develop the necessary energy grid and technologies that will eventually move us away from foreign oil and fossil fuels. US-REG’s mission is to integrate renewable and environmentally sound energy technologies into the American marketplace to help the United States eliminate its dependency on foreign oil and develop clean, renewable sources of energy.”"

The senator from New York is personally trying to torpedo green jobs and a huge wind farm being built on Texas soil with 70% USA parts and 30% Chinese. What in Gods name is Senator Shumer trying to do but put Americans out of a green job ?? Sure, 30% will come from China but its the Chinese FINANCING the wind farm so what gives with Senator Shumer one man hatchet job trying to scalp American jobs ??

Vestas employs AMERICANS in their four wind turbine manufacturing plants, the wind turbines still say ”’Vestas”’ and they are 100% made by Americans but they are on American soil paying American taxes. Trinity builds wind turbine towers and would probably win this huge 240 Wind turbine contract and put hundreds of Americans to work if Senator Shumer would stop with the job torpedo attempt. LM GlassFiber is a foreign company that employs thousands of American workers making wind blades and the large wind farm would need 720 wind blades which would employ thousands of Americans.

Senator Shumer, this is an open letter to let you know that some of us ”AMERICANS” can figure out your simple pandering to your union boys in New York trying to get the November vote. Senator Shumer, did you all of a sudden forget that GE would be making the GEARBOXES for this large Wind farm in New York employing thousands of ”union” workers at GE plant in New York ???

and, did Senator Shumer also convieniently forget that the US WIND FARM would be 51% owned by American company Cielo and USREG ????

and USREG and CIELO response ??????????

It was Schumer’s comments that made some alternative energy executives’ blood boil on Wednesday.

The U.S. Renewable Energy Group, which is one of A-Power Energy’s partners on the West Texas wind farm, put out a statement saying that a minimum of 70% of each wind turbine in the 600 MW project, including the towers and blades, will be wholly manufactured in the United States and made entirely of American steel.

What’s more, the alternative energy group noted that as a result of the 600 MW wind farm, A-Power is able to begin construction of a major wind-energy turbine and assembly plant in the United States that will result in 100% of each turbine either being wholly manufactured or assembled in the United States.

U.S. Renewable Energy Group partner Cappy McGarr said the plant alone will employ more than 1,000 American workers and serve as A-Power’s primary facility to supply highly advanced wind energy turbines to renewable energy projects throughout North and South America

What is with the Senate lately and its crazy stupid ideas about HOW to screw Americans out of Green Jobs ??? The Cash 4 Clunkers program was passed and 4 billion was thrown away buying any foreign new car that was out there. One could buy Honda or Toyota, it did NOT matter that the car was NOT made in America by American workers.

Now, the Senate in a moment of absolute stupidity is trying to take the stimulus plan away from renewable energy and torpedo hundreds of thousands of new clean jobs by blocking production tax credit spending for anything in renewable energy if its not made inside the USA.

Senator Shumer, U should be ashamed of yourself for your double talking two sided of the mouth “”ENDORSING”" Gamesa in New York to build a wind plant and taking 2 billion in government handouts but as soon as the Chinese want to build 70% of a USA Wind Farm inside USA with USA JOBS for 70%, Shumer is screaming foul and blind stupidity. Did Shumer ever hear of ”GENERAL ELECTRIC” and ZOLT and Woodward Governor and other USA companies that build and manufacture wind components and parts for this massive 1.5 billion USA TEXAS wind farm ??????

Its time to stand UP AMERICA for GREEN JOBS and some plain sense on getting green energy to replace the dirty puking coal plants that we continue to pollute with. Do not let the Senate torpedo this green energy plan as SOLAR INSTALLATION and SOLAR MANUFACTURING in addition to wind energy is at stake. Time to put in your .02 cents for the world to see…………

the stories and numbers just continue to get better and better!

By Rachel Layne

March 2 (Bloomberg) — General Electric Co., the world’s second-biggest wind turbine maker, said it expects global industrywide sales for land-based wind turbines to grow by $130 billion in the next two years.

Canada and Latin America are expected to lead the growth, with Canada’s market delivering a 40 percent compound annual growth rate and Latin America growing by 70 percent, Victor Abate, who runs the company’s renewable power unit said. Eastern Europe may grow by 28 percent, and the China and India markets may each rise about 20 percent, Abate said at the Annual International Strategy & Investment conference, which was also Webcast.

GE, which ranks second to Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems A/S in turbine sales, can expand its wind business quickly because it uses its own design and local suppliers to make parts such as blades, Abate said.

“Our differentiation is supply chain,” Abate said. “We can quickly get factories up and running in these new markets.”

GE’s wind turbines have a 98 percent so-called availability, a term measuring the turbine’s ability to capture available wind. That’s up from 94 percent in 2006 and from 85 percent in 2002 when GE acquired the business from Enron Corp.’s bankruptcy proceedings, he said.

Better Efficiency

Each percentage point in efficiency improvement translates to a $250 million costs savings for GE’s customer base, he said. The number of U.S. homes supplied with electricity from one of GE’s 1.5 megawatt land-based wind turbines has risen to about 600 from about 420 homes in 2002, Abate said.

The company has invested about $1 billion in new technology to improve reliability since buying the division, Abate said. Sales at GE’s wind unit from both land-based and larger off- shore wind turbines rose to $6 billion last year from about $1 billion in 2002, he said. The parent company, based in Fairfield, Connecticut, doesn’t provide a forecast for the division.

Abate said he expects industrywide sales of offshore wind turbines to increase by about $100 billion during the next 10 years. Maintenance and installation is more expensive and complex offshore, which will slow the pace of growth, he said.

Abate, who also oversees GE’s solar unit, said the company is focusing on research and development in that business because costs haven’t declined enough to manufacture solar panels and related generation equipment profitably.

To contact the reporter on this story: Rachel Layne in Boston at rlayne@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: March 2, 2010 17:34 EST

can U even fathom a TRILLION dollars ?? How about 26 Trillion for Green Energy by 2030???

Green technology may spark new U.S.-China trade boom
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2009-09-06 14:53

Many experts foresee a green trade boom between the United States and China due to their enormous energy demand, but when that will come and how large it will be remain unclear.

Energy experts differ so widely in their opinions on the issue that those who look forward to a boom consider its potential “huge.” Others, however, are more cautious in their outlook.

Green technology may spark new U.S.-China trade boom

“It’s going to be huge because it has to be huge…there is no choice but for the sector to become enormous,” said Julian L. Wong, a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress.

Wong cited the International Energy Agency’s forecast that 26 trillion U.S. dollars will be needed by 2030 to meet global energy demands.

one would not think that an amateur like me would get 1100 hits per day on my WIND WEBSITE but the WassUP counter dont lie nor have opinions or egos………….

THANKS to all who read about China wind power or APWR or Wind Power in general