Vice President Biden touts green jobs in Jeff City

This afternoon in Jefferson City:

Vice President Joe Biden used a visit to a mid-Missouri transformer factory Thursday to highlight how the federal economic stimulus package is propelling a new wind-energy project and spinning off jobs.

Speaking from the factory floor of ABB Inc., Biden announced that the Department of Energy will award about $4 billion in grants under the stimulus package to improve the nation's electric grid...

Biden touted an order for 100 ABB-built electrical transformers to be used at a $300 million wind power plant in northwest Missouri. Wind Capital Group, which plans to break ground in August on the DeKalb County project, says it will be the largest wind farm in Missouri with a capacity to provide power to about 50,000 homes.

Several photos of the event (including the one posted here) can be found at ColumbiaMissouri.com.