At the Colorado New Energy Summit yesterday, we got an update on Vestas new factory which they will be building in Windsor, Colorado.
Jens Soby, Vestas’ head of North American operations spoke for about 10 minutes, and here’s some statistics he gave:
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75 acre site.
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200,000 square foot factory.
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35 White-collar jobs
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455 Blue-collar jobs
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$60 million investment by Vestas
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Will start production in early 2008
The reasons he gave for coming to Colorado were:
kent mueller said
My son has two semesters towards his welding degree from Front Range Community College and I was wondering if you hire apprentice welders?