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   Joe Biden has promised that his push for renewable energy will   
   create more manufacturing jobs for Americans. He was reported   
   saying, “there is simply no reason the blades for wind turbines   
   can’t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing. No reason.”   
      
   Except, in reality, most of the manufacturing jobs will actually   
   be created in Europe.   
      
   The Vineyard Wind project, off the coast of Massachusetts, is   
   expected to produce enough electricity to power 400,000 homes in   
   New England by 2023. The windfarm is a joint venture between   
   Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Inc. which is   
   part of the Iberdrola group.   
      
   According to the managing director of Iberdola Renewables   
   Offshore, Jonathon Cole, smaller components will be manufactured   
   locally, but the bigger parts will not.   
      
   Insiders say it could take years before developers can commit to   
   building new American factories. To get things moving,   
   developers would need to see a deep pipeline of approved U.S.   
   projects, along with a clear set of regulatory incentives like   
   federal and state tax breaks.   
      
   Christy Guthman, commercial leader of U.S. offshore at General   
   Electric’s renewable division, also said that opening a factory   
   would be costly and time consuming. It would require permits and   
   large amounts of space near the coast.   
      
   Guthman’s company is set to supply Vineyard Wind with 62   
   turbines. However, the major parts for those turbines, which are   
   twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, will be made in its   
   factories in France.   
      
   Biden’s administration has unveiled a goal to install 30   
   gigawatts of offshore wind power capacity by 2030. That is   
   roughly the amount that already exists in Europe’s two-decade-   
   old industry.   
      
   Experts have estimated more than 2,000 turbines will be needed   
   to meet that target, but U.S. factories probably won’t be   
   finished until 2024 or 2025. This would mean those jobs may not   
   materialize until after Biden’s time in the White House is up.   
      
   https://www.oann.com/biden-wind-energy-projects-outsourcing-jobs-   
   to-europe/   
        
      
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