ALBANY – Sunrise Wind and state economic and labor leaders Wednesday heralded a program to recruit and train workers in the city’s South End neighborhood for union construction jobs they say will be critical to the transition to clean energy.Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado joined Sunrise Wind, the Center for Economic Growth and the Greater Capital Region Building and Construction Trades Council in making the announcement at 35 Broad St.
Sunrise Wind said it will commit $300,000 to recruit and train the workers in a program partnering with the Center for Economic Growth. Sunrise Wind is an offshore wind project between Ørsted, a wind energy firm, and Eversource, a New England energy provider.
According to a statement announcing the grant, the funding comes from the $1 million Upper Hudson Workforce Development Fund created by the Sunrise Wind project and will be used to…
Wind firm to train local workers in clean energy field
