State awards $7 million to Energetx Composites in Holland to develop wind energy products

Named a Center of Energy Excellence by the state, Energetx Composites in Holland will collaborate with a technical laboratory of national renown and Dow Chemical Co.

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The construction of wind turbine parts in Holland has gotten another boost with $3.5 million of state funding for a collaboration of Energetx Composites with Oak Ridge National Lab and Dow Chemical Co.

Along with the designation as a state Center of Energy Excellence, Energetx, 725 East 40th St. in Holland, will get another $3.5 million in matching funds will come from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The designation will help the company, a spin-off of S2 Yachts, develop wind energy products with innovative materials and technical expertise from those two organizations, Gov. Jennifer Granholm's office announced. In addition, the University of Michigan and Kettering University will contribute workforce training.

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