Real Estate & Construction  August 26, 2011

Brighton prepares for next Vestas economic wave

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BRIGHTON — Count the town of Brighton as perhaps the luckiest in Colorado, especially in these difficult economic times.

The town of about 35,000 residents in northern Adams County is looking forward to a Christmas present from Vestas Wind Systems, which plans to open a second production facility there “sometime” before the end of 2011, according to a company spokesman.

In July 2010, Denmark-based Vestas opened a nacelle production facility in north Brighton. The nacelle is the part of a wind turbine that sits atop the tower and includes equipment for controlling the turbine blades.

The nacelle plant is located in Brighton’s…

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