Gamesa Wind production rescued by federal stimulus funds

February 19, 2010

Federal stimulus funding has filled the order books for Gamesa Wind USA

Gamesa Wind USA is to bring back workers it laid off last November – and hire 50 more people – thanks to a handout from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The wind turbine manufacturer, which has production facilities in Edensburg, Pennsylvania, is to receive $22.8 million in grants under the federal economic stimulus program.

The funding will pay for wind turbines for three large wind projects in the state.

Gamesa will receive $7.8 million towards installation of 19 wind turbines at the Chestnut Flats wind farm in Cambria and Blair Counties, each turbine rated at 2MW output.

A further $10 million will go towards the production of 23 turbines for Iberdrola Renewables’ South Chestnut wind farm in Fayette County.

And, $5 million is being produced for the eight turbines to be installed near Frackville, Schuykill County, in a project developed for the Broad Mountain Wind Energy Center.

Governor Edward G. Rendell, who announced the funding this week, said the funding would create 257 jobs in the wind developments themselves, on top of the Gamesa plant jobs.

The Governor was visiting the Gamesa plant to mark the one-year anniversary of Recovery Act.

He said: “While some naysayers – often, critics who have little personally at stake — have questioned whether it was the right thing to do, the reality is that the Recovery Act kept our nation from sinking deeper into economic quicksand.”

Gov Rendell added: “With the support of federal Recovery Act funding, this plant will return to full production and start up a second manufacturing line. That means a great deal to the workers who went back on the job this week.”

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It’s good to hear success stories where the federal stimulus program intervenes and rescues both workers jobs and a promising company from a tough environment for wind-energy manufacturing or wind-farm development.
http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/04/obama-says-this-is-the-future-of-american-energy-at-bailed-out-chinese-owned-wind-farm/ Obama Says “This Is the Future of American Energy” at Bailed Out Chinese-Owned Wind Farm | The Gateway Pundit
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Isn’t Gamesa owned by the Chinese?
Besides, the company isn’t promising. Want to know how this will end? Look at Spain. Spain did the same thing. Then Spain realized that the money isn’t enough, they had to stop spending like crazy. Thus those companies received no more money from the government. The result? Lots of dead green energy companies.
22.8 million for 50 jobs. 456,000 per job. Wow.
This will so go belly up. And rightfully so.
http://lmliberty.us/2011/04/07/obama-steps-in-it-again-while-touting-wind-energy/ Obama steps in it again while touting wind energy | Lake Minnetonka Liberty
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