A Spanish-based wind power company is coming to Texas. The company G-R-I will build a 41 million dollar plant in Amarillo. As KUT’sMoseBuchele reports for StateImpact Texas, the announcement is good news for an industry that recently felt itself under threat by state lawmakers.
GRI plans to build components for wind towers like those that dot the Texas high planes at its new plant and employ about 300 people in the process.
Just months ago it looked like state subsidies credited with growing Texas wind industry would be canceled along with funds to build transmission lines. That effort ultimately failed, leaving wind funding intact.
But it’s a different state program that may be responsible for the new Amarillo plant. G-R-I will benefits from nearly two million dollars in business incentives from the Texas enterprise fund for locating here. CEO Javier Imaz credits state and local incentives as one of the reasons his company is coming to Texas.
