A Chinese firm will supply three wind turbines that will be installed at the Field's Point Wastewater Treatment Facility on the Providence waterfront.Wind energy in Rhode Island is controversial, with manufacturers suing to prevent resulting utility increases.
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co. announced Monday that it had secured a deal for the three 1.5-megawatt turbines with Gilbane Building Co., the project contractor. Gilbane was selected by the Narragansett Bay Commission, the operator of the treatment plant, to put up the wind turbines as part of a $12 million renewable energy project.
Goldwind is China's second-largest turbine manufacturer after Sinovel Wind Group, according to Bloomberg News. The Shenzhen-based company has nine factories in China and has the capability to manufacture 4,000 1.5-megawatt turbines annually.
The turbines at Field's Point are expected to supply between 55 percent and 60 percent of the treatment plant's power. Installation of the turbines is being funded in part by $750,000 in federal stimulus funds.
Let me see if I have Obama's wind strategy straight:
We borrow money from China to buy wind turbines made in China which will increase domestic electricity rates so that our manufacturers are unable to compete with China.Pure Genius. Or as they say in China, 你是傻子.
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Stimulus to Fund 3 Huge Wind Turbines In Providence ... Made In China
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"Let me see if I have Obama's wind strategy straight:
We borrow money from China to buy wind turbines made in China which will increase domestic electricity rates so that our manufacturers are unable to compete with China."
Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth is not just a domestic plan.
He is trying to even the playing field with other countries by lowering our production and raising theirs. How does he not see that he is (also) hurting the very people that he is trying to help...the lower class.
Chuck H
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