Wind farms in the land of steel

At the beginning of the 2000 years, the wind industry began a flourishing period in the Usa which rose hopes for replacing ailing steel and coal industry and failing car manufacturing. Some wind turbine manufacturers settled into the vacant huge halls of steelworks. Since then this industrial renaissance has known ups and downs because of the economic crisis and the changes in the energy policy of the government. In the 2005-2006 period only 52% of the component parts of wind turbines were manufactured in the Usa, now this rate has increased to reach 68%. Today the global situation is gloomy with turbine production over-capacity. (A.C.)