Siemens Gamesa wind-energy plants in Hutchinson, Kansas and Fort Madison, Iowa will close down while the company waits for new orders. Officials with the company announced Friday that most employees at the two plants will be laid off. The blade plant in Iowa, which employs 171 people and the nacelle plant in KS, the part that houses the generating components, will lay off 92 workers in Hutchinson. Siemens did say it is possible to reopen if market conditions improve.
