Massachusetts gets $25 million for wind turbine testing center

The Massachusetts government has received $25 million in federal stimulus money from the U.S. Energy Department to build a wind turbine testing center in Charlestown.

The Charlestown facility is expected to be able to test blades up to 300 feet long. The money will create over 100 construction jobs and about 10 full-time jobs once the facility is built.

The allocation of this part of the stimulus money is intended to work towards President Obama's goal of 10 percent of energy generated in the U.S. coming from renewable sources. Currently, about two percent of the energy generated in the country is from renewable sources.

For more information on the wind turbine facility, check out this story from The Globe.