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Precision, safety and innovation: Building SunZia in Paige Canyon, AZ
The North American context The team at Vestas, the wind energy giant that supplied much of the hardware for the project, take a similar view of SunZia’ s impact, framing it as a victory for communities.
“ For Vestas, this is our largest onshore wind project in North America but the number that stays with me isn’ t just the gigawatts. It’ s the people,” says Laura Beane, President for Vestas North America.
“ Nearly 90 % of the workforce we hired for this project are local to New Mexico to ensure SunZia was and continues to be a success. Our Colorado factories, responsible for the on-time delivery of our components, grew from a few hundred employees to over a thousand. These are careers, not just jobs – built by Americans, for Americans.”
Importantly, the opening of SunZia – the US’ largest-ever wind farm – comes at a time when the US Government is actively trying to curtail domestic wind projects.
SunZia during construction
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