Here Come the Chinese

**CountryBoy** · 10-30-2009, 12:00 PM

Chinese-Made Turbines to Fill U.S. Wind Farm

A Chinese wind-turbine company, with financing help from Beijing, has struck a deal to be the exclusive supplier to one of the largest wind-farm developments in the U.S., a sign of how Chinese firms are aggressively capitalizing on America's clean-energy push.

The 36,000-acre development in West Texas would receive $1.5 billion in financing through Export-Import Bank of China. Shenyang Power Group, a five-month-old alliance, would supply the project with 240 of its 2.5-megawatt wind turbines, among the biggest made in the world.

The Obama administration is hoping a shift to renewable energy will inject new life into the U.S. manufacturing base and provide high-paying jobs, making up for losses in other sectors. But while the U.S. has poured money into renewable energy through tax credits and other subsidies, China has positioned itself to reap many of the benefits by ramping up its export machine.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1256...o_hs#printMode

There goes our tax dollars overseas again.

**Silverbird** · 10-30-2009, 04:23 PM

That's the Texas or local Government's decision, not at the Federal level. On a Federal Government contract China doesn't qualify for equal access (since they don't give us access to their Government contracts). Unfortunately under State's rights that's their choice.
The only good thing here is the installation and the maintenance has to take place here.

**CountryBoy** · 10-30-2009, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Silverbird

That's the Texas or local Government's decision, not at the Federal level. On a Federal Government contract China doesn't qualify for equal access (since they don't give us access to their Government contracts). Unfortunately under State's rights that's their choice.
The only good thing here is the installation and the maintenance has to take place here.

That's good to know that our administration is playing hard ball with China and both sides are playing by the same rules. So at least we can keep them from putting up windmills at TVA.