http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com...story?id=46322
Power production,how its grown,and promoted.
How it creates JOBS!
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As a result of these state policies, Minnesota had nearly 300 MW of wind power capacity installed in the state by the end of the 1990s and has nearly three times that amount installed today.
Of course, California led the nation in cumulative installed wind power throughout the period as a result of that state's foresight in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and Texas had bumped Minnesota to No. 3 in the national standing by the end of the 1990s. Then Minnesota's sister state to the south, Iowa, edged ahead to make Minnesota No. 4. But Minnesotans never forgot that they sustained that No. 1 ranking for many years, and they no doubt wish to be there again.
Many states have demonstrated that establishing markets for wind power installations leads to the cherry of public policy: local economic development..........In California, Zond (which later became GE Wind) built its assembly plant in Tehachapi. NEG Micon (now part of Vestas) assembled its first U.S. turbines in Hutchinson, Minnesota. The regional wind markets in the northern Great Plains enticed LM Glasfiber to locate its blade manufacturing plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and what is now DMI Industries to turn a former agricultural implement manufacturing plant into a wind tower manufacturing facility.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania's strong commitment to wind power market development helped lure Gamesa's office, manufacturing, and assembly facilities to the state. And Iowa's wind energy market leadership led to a Clipper Windpower turbine manufacturing plant in Cedar Rapids as well as a recent commitment by Siemens to manufacture its 45-meter turbine blades in Fort Madison. Finally, the first Suzlon turbine blades for the company's S-88 turbine are expected to begin rolling out of that company's new manufacturing plant in Pipestone, Minnesota, later this fall.
With $3 billion in new wind installations in the U.S. in 2005 and even more expected in 2006 and 2007, opportunities remain vast for wind power expansion. Minnesota alone has more than five times the wind energy resource as Germany, the current world leader in wind power installations.
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Focus on the States: Minnesota Wind Power
