[CPEO-BIF] Ventower Industries, Monroe, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[For years I've been wondering why so many American wind farms import 
huge, costly-to-ship wind turbines for overseas. At the Detroit national 
Brownfields conference in 2008, there was talk about adapting auto 
industry capabilities for wind energy. Now it seems to be happening. - LS]


Wind turbine factory breaks ground in Monroe

Monroe News (MI)
March 31, 2010

Ventower Industries broke ground Tuesday for a factory in Monroe to 
build giant towers for wind turbines, but company officials already have 
mapped plans to expand the plant.

DeMattia Group will start construction soon on the new 
115,000-square-foot facility on 38 acres off Borchert Park Dr. that once 
was a dump, but James Viciana, Ventower chairman, said in about a year 
the company should be poised to move forward with a 76,000-square-foot 
expansion.

The firm was lured to Monroe with a buffet of incentives, but Mr. 
Viciana said Monroe's port, rail and truck corridors, along with its 
skilled work force and the teamwork of local, state and federal 
officials, made it the top choice for his company's first plant.
He also commended Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who attended Tuesday's 
groundbreaking, for her emphasis on attracting alterative energy firms 
to the state. "You have set the tone in this state for what is happening 
here today," he told her. And he thanked state Sen. Randy Richardville, 
R-Monroe, for his "vision" in helping the project become a reality.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100331/NEWS01/703319997

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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