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Chinese wind turbine firm plans U.S. plant
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pangea on 17/11/2009 14:28:00
 
The joint announcement in Washington late on Monday came three weeks after
A-Power said it planned a $1.5 billion wind farm project in West Texas along
with U.S. companies,
Monday's announcement said the turbine plant is expected to produce 1,100
megawatts of wind energy turbines annually, enough to power 330,000 homes. It
will employ about 1,000 workers and create additional jobs during construction,
the companies said.
In addition to production and assembly at the new plant, the plan calls for many
wind turbine components to be sourced from U.S. manufacturers.
On October 29, Shenyang Power Group (SPG) and US-REG announced plans to develop
a $1.5 billion, 600MW wind farm on about 36,000 acres in Texas, for which
A-Power has been designated as the turbine supplier. A-Power is a shareholder of
SPG.
The construction of the assembly and production plant is subject to signing of
definitive agreements between the parties, as well as various government
approvals.