With 92 Workers Laid Off in South Dakota, Nearly 2,300 American Jobs Lost Thanks to Wind Industry Tax Credit Delays

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012.  This week, Molded Fiber Glass, a wind turbineblade  manufacturer in Aberdeen, South Dakota laid off 92 of their 370 employees due to uncertainty around the renewal of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. These latest layoffs bring the total number of jobs lost in the wind industry due to layoffs, furloughs and canceled projects since the beginning of 2012 to 2,299.

According to data compiled by the Sierra…