The announcement this week that Texas has approved a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines to carry wind-generated electricity from gusty West Texas to urban areas like Dallas will mean more jobs. It is the largest investment in clean and renewable energy in U.S. history.
Supporters predict the plan will spur new wind power projects, create jobs, reduce pollution and lower energy costs. Texans pay some of the highest electric rates in the country, in part because of congested transmission lines.
The plan still needs to receive final approval later this year from the PUC. The transmission lines would not be up and running for three to five years. Who would build them and other details have yet to be worked out.
But all over the country, businesses are preparing to meet the challenges and demands of the new wind market. On July 30th at 8:30AM, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio will conduct a half day workshop to teach Northeast Ohio companies about opportunities in this fast growing market. The workshop will provide foundries, machine shops, fabricators, and others with information to enable them to become part of the wind supply chain market.
The conversion will mean new training and new and more jobs throughout the country and in Ohio which has now seen the unemployment rate rise to 6.6%.
For more information on jobs in the Wind Industry visit Green Industry Jobs
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