With the feds approval of the nations first offshore wind energy project in Massachusetts Nantucket Sound, the jobs will be coming soon.

There are already wind energy businesses that have started construction in the state. A federally funded facility where workers will test wind turbine blades is under construction in Charlestown. Vestas Wind Systems, based in Denmark, has a research and development hub in Hudson. And earlier this month, Cape Wind signed an agreement to buy 130 wind turbines from Siemens Energy Inc, which now plans to open a Boston sales office for US offshore wind projects.

Source: The Boston Globe

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Currently Iowa and Texas lead the nation in wind energy efforts, according to the annual report from the American Wind Energy Association.

Iowa claims the title for the state with the largest percentage of electricity from wind energy. As of the end of 2009, over 14 percent of Iowa’s power was from wind energy.

While Texas has more electricity generated from wind then Iowa the percentage is much lower because of a much larger population

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