April 16, 2011

More immediately, the project is bringing jobs to the state with the nation's . Inevergy said about 150 skilled construction workers would work on building the plant, which will consist of 125 1.6-MW GE turbines. Inevergy said Aristeo Construction, "long associated with its work in the auto industry," will do the civil, concrete and erection phases for the project. The company has installed or is under contract to install nearly 1,000 MW of wind energy facilities, but this its first project in its home state - not a surprise given that the Michigan Energy Systems Bureau reports the state had just installed as of the end of 2009. Still, this month Michigan did that will result in the large-scale production of utility-scale wind turbines at a Saginaw plant.

The statehouse did not open at 8 a.m. as it is schedule to during normal business hours. The assembly had been scheduled to convene at 11 a.m. to discuss the bill.

The site is next door to the world's busiest airport which is Hartsfield- Jackson Atlanta International airport and is zoned to provide 6.5 million ft.² of class A office, hotel, retail, conference centre and business park facilities. Porsches new headquarters are expected to open in 2013 with 400 employees.

Angela Guss