When Juan Flores started his first job fixing wind turbines 14 years ago, he wished he’d had more training. On one of his first days on the job, he had to climb a 90-meter ladder. But no one told him ...

Texas State Technical College wind energy technology instructor James Chung, center, helps Steven Vasquez, left, and Shayne Howard, right, during a class in Sweetwater on March 5. Wind energy ...

Centura College has a new attraction that stands 60 feet tall in its parking lot. The two-bladed, G-11 wind turbine with a 40-foot rotor diameter needs a wind speed of 7 mph to continuously spin. The ...

But qualified candidates like Vasquez are hard to come by. TSTC is the only school in the state that offers a wind technician program developed in close collaboration with wind energy firms. Colleges ...