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Green Industry Quotes

February 15th, 2008

“Already companies that have invested millions of dollars in this industry are getting nervous,” said Randall Swisher, executive director of the American Wind Energy Association. From MSNBC

“You look at a wind turbine. It’s got a whole bunch of parts. Somebody makes the blades, somebody makes the tower, somebody makes the gear boxes, the electronic controls,” Sterzinger said. “Those parts can come from China, India — or from Buffalo.”

“The wind energy industry currently employs about 45,000 people in the U.S. and had $9 billion worth of investment last year, a 45 percent increase from 2006″, Swisher said. “Given that growth, we’re already seeing constraints in terms of workers,” he said.

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