On June 28, Surdna grantee the Blue Green Alliance, in close partnership with the American Wind Energy Association and the United Steelworkers, released a new report highlighting both past and potential growth in the domestic wind manufacturing industry. The report, entitled Winds of Change: A Manufcturing Blueprint for the Wind Industry, shows that despite the absence of a long-term and stable market for wind energy or policies to support wind's manufacturing sector, the growth in wind manufacturing has been steady -- growing from 2,500 workers in 2004 to 18,500 in 2009 -- and tens of thousands more jobs could be created with policies that create and sustain a clean energy economy and a long-term market for wind energy.
“This report represents a major alignment between our goals for energy independence and creating the clean energy jobs of the future,” said Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). “This ‘manufacturing blueprint’ is a critical step toward ensuring that we don’t replace our dependence on foreign oil with a dependence on Chinese-made wind turbines. With the right policies, clean energy will help revitalize American manufacturing. We must ensure that American manufacturers have the resources they need to build clean wind energy components and by doing so, help establish America as a global leader of clean energy technologies.”
- To read the full report, please click here.
- To read the press release from the Blue Green Alliance, please click here.
The Blue Green Alliance is a national, strategic partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy.
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