PUEBLO, COLO. — Wind-turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems has picked Pueblo as the site of a factory to build the towers that support its turbines.
Vestas has said it will be the biggest turbine-tower factory in the world.
Gov. Bill Ritter is expected to attend the formal announcement of the factory today in Pueblo.
Last week, the Danish company announced it will build two plants in Brighton, northeast of Denver, to make turbine blades and nacelles — the turbine housings that include the generator, transformer and gearbox.
Vestas already has a blade-making plant in Windsor, 50 miles north of Denver, which currently has 200 workers and is expected to have 650 at full employment.
Vestas eventually is expected to employ 2,450 people in Colorado.
