Wind – Vestas begins layoffs

Vestas on Monday confirmed an undisclosed number of workers at its Pueblo tower plant received layoff notices as the wind turbine maker began a pullback due to slumping U.S. orders.

The company declined to give a specific number of job cuts but outside observers estimated the layoffs could affect about 90 of the plant’s 450 workers, based on a brief written statement issued by Vestas.

In the statement, Vestas said the “workforce reduction in the tower factory represents approximately 3 percent of Vestas’ total workforce in the U.S. and Canada,” estimated to be around 3,000 workers.

Elsewhere in the statement, Vestas tied the layoffs directly to the failure of Congress to extend a wind energy tax credit set to expire this year…

via Vestas begins layoffs: Unspecified number of Pueblo workers given notice – Pueblo Chieftain: Local Business.