Former TrentonWorks employees give Friday's announcement that the facility will reopen three thumbs up on the finishing shop floor where the announcement took place. From the left are Ernie MacInnis, Rob Thompson and Archie Davidson. (Goodwin photo)

Pictou County has entered clean energy production in a big way.
Premier Darrell Dexter announced an agreement between Nova Scotia and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME) to produce wind turbines at the former TrentonWorks site that will create nearly 500 jobs within three years.
The province is investing almost $60 million and acquiring a 49 per cent stake in the operation in Trenton.
“It will bring this plant back to life,” Dexter said. “I couldn’t be happier they selected Nova Scotia to set up this operation. The hard work has paid off.”
About 120 people will be employed within the first year of operation, he said.
That’s promising news to former employees at the former TrentonWorks rail car plant that closed in 2007.
“We have skilled workers ready to go to work tomorrow,” said Archie Davidson, who worked at the plant for four decades. “It was a...