The job cuts "represent what is happening and will continue to happen across the country in the U.S. wind industry if these businesses are not provided the policy certainty they need to continue to invest in America and its workers," said Denise Bode, CEO of AWEA, in a recent statement.

(This story has been revised to reflect an update on DMI Industries and to correct the following: DMI Industries is based in Fargo, N.D., and Fergus Falls, Minn., and is owned by Otter Tail Corp.)