Posted on 07/02/2018 7:50:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
ABERDEEN, S.D. (KSFY) - Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG) in Aberdeen announced Monday it will create about 60 more jobs after a substantial new order for wind turbine blades was confirmed.
The company said the new order is part of a long-term agreement.
“This new order is very good news for our teammates, the Aberdeen economy and MFG," Senior Vice President David Giovannini said in a press release. "In the context of challenging conditions in the wind energy market, we are very pleased with this win.”
Back in early December, MFG announced plant would shutdown in February due to changes in the market conditions. Later that month, KSFY learned a substantial new order would keep the plant open longer.
I’d rather see the Jim Bridger power station then them wind turbine eyesore north of my house.
The “green economy” version of paying someone to dig a hole and then fill it back up, over and over.
There is a tall wind turbine just north of the Grand Traverse Resort outside of Traverse City Michigan. It has been there a number of years, and in all of the dozens of times I have passed it, I’ve never seen the blades complete one rotation.
Yes, I read up on wind power once, one of things they are always trying to improve is wind speed start-up time. I think eventually we can have a somewhat efficient bird proof wind turbine which can be used especially on high elevations or other places with high wind - or for people who just want to pay a little extra to be off the grid. The engineers are not finished with this yet.
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