GE reveils plans to build offshore facilities in New York

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Facilities are contingent on company receiving sufficient orders in ongoing solicitations / One facility would build wind turbine blades and create approximately 650 direct jobs / Second facility, which would produce nacelles for offshore wind turbines, would create roughly 220 direct jobs / Together the facilities would create nearly 1,000 construction jobs and support approximately 1,400 indirect jobs

GE announced today that it has submitted a plan to construct two new manufacturing facilities in New York if it wins a sufficient volume of orders from customers in the State’s ongoing solicitation for up to 4.6 GW of offshore wind. To support localized content and New York’s vision to become the nation’s offshore wind manufacturing hub, GE proposed... ... More: Official Press Release GE Renewable Energy

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