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Wind company ending ND jobs, creating Brazil jobs
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) _ A wind turbine blade manufacturer that

said last week it is laying off 300 workers in Grand Forks has now

announced it is creating 300 jobs at a new factory in Brazil.

LM Wind Power says the Brazil plant will deliver blades to wind

farms throughout South America starting in about a year.

The Danish company tells the Grand Forks Herald that the moves

are a response to strong growth in wind power development in South

America and a weakening of the industry in the United States.

The future of a federal production tax credit in the U.S. that

expires at year's end is uncertain. LM Wind Power says demand for

new wind power development in the U.S. could drop 70 percent.