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Wind Project Shows How China and the U.S. Can Get Along

MIT Technology Review |

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Tensions between the United States and China were ratcheted up recently when the Obama administration said it would investigate complaints of unfair trade policies in China connected to renewable energy. The 600-megawatt wind project was announced last year by investors in China and the United States. But even as the United Steelworkers union was formulating its complaint, it was working on an agreement that would clear the way for the proposed Texas wind farm to continue-an agreement that suggests how China and the United States can work together to help scale up renewable energy production and drive down costs.. "The idea that stimulus funds would be used to create jobs overseas is quite troubling, and therefore I urge you to reject any request for stimulus money unless the high-value components, including the wind turbines, are manufactured in the United States," he wrote.. Many turbine parts will still be manufactured in China, but A-Power has agreed to buy 50,000 tons of U.S. steel for the project and make key parts of the turbine, such as the main towers, in the United States..

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