WEST BRANCH, IA (CBS2/FOX28) -- At Acciona Windpower a constant flow of people learned more about wind energy. Bill Morgan, Director of Operations for the plant spent time Saturday taking a group on a tour on the West Branch facility. On display the latest turbine, the AW3000, it is double the generating power of a standard turbine and takes a lot of hour and hands to construct. "So a 1.5 it takes 10 people total from pre-assembly to pre-hub and final assembly" 18:03:21 "A 3.0 you're looking at 12 to 14 people and 650 to roughly 750 man hours," Morgan said. While Acciona proudly showed off its new wind turbine the AW3000 questions loom on the governments uncertain future for wind energy. It's already caused some companies to lay off workers but that's not the case for this company. "We feel pretty confident in our business for the near future," says Peter Gray, Communications Manager. American wind power companies like Acciona relying on government production tax credits for business but right now those tax credits for wind energy are taking a back seat to the country's national debt. One thing Acciona has going for them is the ability to produce large orders in other markets nation wide"We can serve Canadian, Mexican and other countries markets which opens up more opportunities for us," Gray said. With that said even Acciona knows there's a greater push for wind farms here in the US and they too urge Washington to take heed. "Obviously for any business we could be ...
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