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“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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