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[ [industrial machinery sounds]]
[At Molded Fiberglass Companies, we have]
[We're located in 15 or 16 different locations throughout North America.]
[[Duane Engle-MFG Aberdeen Manufacturing Manager]]
[This plant's been here since 2008,]
[and it was built specifically to make windblades.]
[ [industrial machinery sounds]]
[Currently, we have about 1% of the energy]
[in the U.S. that utilizes wind. ]
[That is trying to be developed]
[so that we have 20% of our energy]
[comes from wind by the year 2030.]
[The most popular wind turbine in America]
[[Voice of: Dennis Daugaard-South Dakota Lieutenant Governor]]
[is the 1.5 GE turbine, and these are the blades that drive it.]
[So as GE succeeds, MFG succeeds]
[and Aberdeen and South Dakota succeed.]
[[industrial machinery sounds]]
[Wind is a great alternative. ]
[and so it's something that all of us can use.]
[It's an inexpensive way for us to become energy independent. ]
[[Dave Giovannini-MFG Aberdeen Plant Manager] Moving into a ]
[green energy field I think is vital]
[to not only the country but to the world.]
[It's jobs--pure and simple--it's jobs.]
[[Seth Dunn-GE Energy] Really, it's about manufacturing and economic development]
[and Aberdeen is a perfect example of that.]
[[Dennis Daugaard-South Dakota Lieutenant Governor] Right now]
[South Dakota is a net energy exporter.]
[We generate more power in South Dakota than we use.]
[[mixed horn intruments playing big band music]]
[I am signing this gigantic blade that is going to help power]
[our Nation, and I am really proud of Aberdeen to get this going here.]
[I believe that wind energy really is the future.]
[I think it's great--great for Aberdeen, ]
[great for GE, great for wind energy.]
[First time I've been up to it, ]
[and it's amazing how large they are when you see them out in the field.]
[and you get up to those things, and you go]
[holy smokes, it's pretty significant.]
[[ horn instruments playing big band music]]
[[Chris Lewis-Wind Blade Truck Driver] Hi! It's day one of our 30-day journey.]
[We're just getting ready to pull out, ]
[and we're going to head to our next stop]
[which should be somewhere in southern South Dakota for the evening, ]
