New Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plant To Be Built In Nevada
U.S. Renewable Energy Group, China-based A-Power Energy Generation Systems and American Nevada Group announced plans to build a wind turbine manufacturing facility in Nevada.
The 320,000 sq. ft. fa
BigNews.Biz - Mar 13,2010 - U.S. Renewable Energy Group, China-based A-Power Energy Generation Systems and American Nevada Group announced plans to build a wind turbine manufacturing facility in Nevada.
The 320,000 sq. ft. facility will have an annual production capacity of 1,100 megawatts of wind energy turbines annually. This would be enough turbines to power over 300,000 homes.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. was credited for the decision to build the facility in his home state. Ed Cunningham, managing partner of U.S. Renewable Energy Group, recounted in a statement how Reid said that "Nevada was poised to be at the epicenter of America's commitment to renewable energy technology."
The new facility will be A-Power's first major manufacturing plant in the United States. On it's website the company says it entered the wind energy market in 2008 and has built one of China's largest wind turbine manufacturing.
U.S. Renewable Energy Group and A-Power Energy Generation Systems already have a deal in place to build a $1.5 billion, 600-megawatt wind farm across 36,000 acres in Texas that would supply energy for 180,000 homes.
The Texas project had come under criticism because its owners planned to use Chinese-made turbines and seek a $450 million stimulus grant. The announcement of the Nevada project may offset some of that criticism.
U.S. Renewable Energy Group says on its Web site that "A minimum of 70 percent of each wind turbine, including the massive towers and blades, will be wholly manufactured in the United States and made of American steel."
American Nevada will identify possible sites for the 320,000-square-foot plant and will develop the factory. A-Power will finance construction and operation with its own money. Dan Naef, senior vice president of American Nevada Co., said the developer's executives would spend the next three to four months working with the partners to pin down the plant's requirements and demands, and from there, they'll look for sites with the infrastructure to handle the operation.
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