The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has called the ABC/American University Investigative Reporting Workshop report that found green stimulus dollars are flowing overseas “a fictional account.”
The AWEA’s Into the Wind blog today posted a scathing repudiation of the story, which found that 79 percent of the $2.1 billion in green energy stimulus funds has gone to companies based overseas.
The AWEA counters that “100 percent of stimulus dollars going to the wind industry have gone to wind projects constructed and operated in the United States.”
The post continues,
What AU and ABC are really riled up about is the fact the turbines being erected across the United States contain 53% American-made content, instead of 100%. The U.S. wind industry is trying to increase those numbers as fast as it can, encouraging foreign-based manufacturers to locate here, and in just 4 short years we’ve added dozens of new manufacturing facilities
The AWEA also posted a point by point list of “inaccuracies and distortions” for which they would like an on-air correction.
We discussed the investigative piece yesterday with lead author Russ Choma.