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Excellent video: Wind power's impact on one Kansas city

Tom Gray

April 7, 2011

From Siemens Energy, via the U.S. Department of Energy's website, comes this moving description of how a new wind turbine nacelle assembly plant has changed the lives of workers in the heartland city of Hutchinson, KS.

It's an inspiring combination of quality production values and clean energy production values. Hats off to those responsible.

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