South Korean-based wind tower manufacturer CS Wind plans to expand the world’s largest wind tower manufacturing plant in Pueblo, Colo., creating 850 jobs over the next several years.
The expansion will help to solidify the city’s role as a key player within Colorado’s economy and renewable energy infrastructure, local and state officials said during the site’s ground-breaking at the start of the month, reports the Colorado Springs Gazette.
“I couldn’t be more excited about this plant’s expansion,” Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar said. “It will ensure that we will continue to have manufacturing that will make big things in Pueblo and in the United States for decades to come.”
Within the site’s massive warehouses — up to a quarter of a mile long — workers construct wind turbine towers, said Anthony Salerno, a production manager for CS Wind. Other warehouses on the site paint the towers and install internal components such as ladders and platforms within them, The Gazette reports.
The plant’s expansion is anticipated to be finished in 2028 and will produce as many as 10,000 wind turbine tower sections per year, according to a company news release.
“This expansion investment will have a transformative impact on our environment, economy, and local Colorado society,” Seong-Gon Gim, chairman of CS Wind, said in the release.
Part of that economic and environmental transformation will be augmented by incentives created by the Inflation Reduction Act, Gov. Jared Polis said.