AWEA announces 2008 awards
July 31st, 2008 | by Manufacturing Business |AWEA announces 2008 awards.
They have sponsored two regional studies supporting the central location for manufacturing in the heart of the Midwest. In the past two years, they have convinced at least five major companies (including Clipper Wind, Siemens, TPI Composites, and Hendricks Industries) to install manufacturing facilities in the state.
Lifetime Achievement: Hap Boyd, General Electric
For more than two decades, Boyd has been an effective advocate for the wind industry at both the federal and state levels. In one of many highlights in his career, he played a very active role in the formation of the Wind Coalition and the passage of Texas”s Renewable Portfolio Standard, the foundation of today”s extensive wind development in the Lone Star State. Boyd has also played a critical role in helping secure the many extensions of the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC) since its initial expiration in 1999, and is participating in the effort to extend it again this year.
