Wind industry expects its slowdown to be only temporary

clipped from www.worldofrenewables.com WALLED LAKE, Mich. -- Michael and Sharon Medwid did what other family businesses are trying around the country: They invested in a new shop and machinery to build parts for wind turbines and to reap the benefits of America's expansion of wind energy. Then Now they're running lean to survive until credit flows again and they can be part of a wind energy initiative to reach a national goal of doubling renewable energy in three years. The recession has slowed down the whole wind industry this year, from materials to final assembly of turbines. Experts say that getting it up to speed to produce the number of turbines needed to generate large amounts of renewable energy will require more government support and innovation to make the parts lighter, stronger and cheaper. "We're creating an industry we can manufacture here," said Michael Medwid, 63, who started as a 19-year-old apprentice to his uncle's tool and die business and began his own company in Detroit in 1971 supplying the auto industry