20:15 | 13.10.2010
Statement of Cape Wind President Jim Gordon on Mass Tank and EEW Plans to Build New Manufacturing Facility in Massachusetts Creating 100 – 350 Jobs to Make Cape Wind Foundations & Transition Pieces, October 13, 2010
Jim Gordon, President of Cape Wind, today made the following statement
regarding Mass Tank and EEW Plans to Build New Manufacturing Facility in
Massachusetts:
“Cape Wind is thrilled with the news that Mass Tank and EEW are going to
open a new manufacturing facility in Massachusetts to make Cape Wind’s
steel monopile foundations and transition pieces. We are pleased that
Cape Wind is helping catalyze the emergence of an offshore wind
manufacturing and supply chain in Massachusetts.
“These new manufacturing jobs coming to Massachusetts, along with the
600 to 1,000 construction jobs and 150 (direct and indirect) jobs during
the 25-year operations phase for Cape Wind will help establish
Massachusetts as a leader in offshore wind energy.
“Last week Interior Secretary Ken Salazar granted Cape Wind with the
nation’s first offshore wind lease just as the US Department of Energy
announced that 43,000 new American jobs can be created from offshore
wind power if we get moving now. Yesterday, Google announced it was
investing millions of dollars in an offshore wind power electric
transmission network. Taken together with today’s exciting announcement,
these events send a powerful market signal that U.S. offshore wind power
is ready to embark on a course that will create tens of thousands of
jobs and provide a substantial amount of clean energy to light up the
cities of the east coast.”
Click below to read Governor Deval Patrick’s press release with quotes
from Governor Patrick and representatives from Cape Wind, Mass Tank, and
EEW: http://tinyurl.com/323b8jr
Cape Wind is America’s first offshore wind farm to secure Federal and
State approval and to be issued a lease to operate by the Federal
Government. Cape Wind will create jobs and promote greater energy
independence and a cleaner environment. Cape Wind will also establish
Massachusetts as a leader in offshore wind power. For more information
visit www.capewind.org.
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