Local labor goes green - Electrical union, tire company shift plans toward environment

[billyoc]

A wind turbine that began churning out electricity for the Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative at Auburn this spring was assembled from components manufactured around the globe.
Everywhere that is but the USA.

“The tower came from Mexico, the generator came from China, the blades were made in Germany and France,” said Dana Smith with RECC. He added that the engineer for the project came from Holland, and most of the technicians who made sure the turbine was ready to spin came from Iowa.

Iowa is one of the leading states for wind energy.

Co-op officials point out it was not by choice that equipment for the turbine at Farmersville was purchased overseas. At the time the equipment was ordered about three years ago, there were no domestic alternatives.

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