The
portable
crane
operator
stares
intently
at
two
co-workers
on
the
ground
below.
Communication
between
them
is
all-important.
Place
a
44-metre,
seven-tonne
wind
turbine
blade
too
far
to
one
side
and
the
flatbed
truck
could
tip
over.
Drop
it
too
quickly
and
the
blade
—
or
the
crew
—
could
be
seriously
damaged.
This
scene
—
on
a
clear
autumn
day
at
a
Vestas
plant
in
Windsor,
Colorado
—
seems
like
a
metaphor
for
the
entire
US
wind
industry.
If
Congress
drops
the
vital
wind
production
tax
credit
(PTC),
the
sector
would…
