Alabama’s Growing Wind Energy Industry

Guest Blog | January 15, 2013 | Reports and Fact Sheets

In 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy published a report on how to achieve 20% of the nation’s electrical supply from onshore and offshore wind power. In that report, DOE estimated that up to 20,000 manufacturing jobs could be created in Alabama from this scenario. Companies have already set up shop in the state to help service the domestic and international wind industry markets.F-AL_wind_factsheet.pdf