Wind Energy Can Create US Manufacturing Jobs
by Natural Resources Defense Council on Feb 17, 2014 | Views: 207 | Score: 1
% of Wind Turbine Parts Manufactured in US | 65 |
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% of Wind Turbine Parts Manufactured Abroad | 35 |
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% of Wind Turbine Parts Manufactured in US | 65 |
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% of Wind Turbine Parts Manufactured Abroad | 35 |
The wind industry now employs 75,000 Americans. U.S. companies and their workers produce approximately 65 percent of every wind turbine part. Wind energy is giving American companies the chance to participate in a new and exciting global industries, American workers the chance to apply existing skills and seek new opportunities, and American communities the chance to prosper from clean energy.