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Will Wind Power Be A ‘Green New Deal’ Building Bonanza?

Wind-power farms are emerging as a source of both renewable energy and union construction jobs in New York State. But building-trades locals could miss out on a lot of work if the state doesn’t create a port facility where the components for offshore wind farms can be constructed.

While construction has slowed for the winter, he says, by spring, Laborers members upstate will be helping to build at least four land-based wind farms, including the 126-megawatt Cassadaga facility in Chautauqua County south of Buffalo, which was approved by state regulators in November.