GE Energy (Atlanta, GA), a leading supplier of power generation and energy delivery technology, has been selected as the wind turbine supplier for MidAmerican Energy Co.’s (Des Moines, IA) 310.5 MW project in Iowa that, when completed in 2005, will be among the world’s largest wind-generation facilities.
The project is being developed by enXco Inc. (North Palm Springs, CA) and Clipper Windpower (Carpinteria, Ca). The project is located at two sites in north central and northwest Iowa. The sites will utilize 100 and 107 of GE's 1.5 MW wind turbines, respectively. The MidAmerican project is among the $1.3 billion in US wind project orders and commitments for 2004-2005 recently announced by GE Energy. The project will supply enough wind power to meet the annual electricity needs of approximately 85,000 homes.
The wind turbines will be installed across approximately 20,000 acres of land leased from area farmers. GE will supply and install the turbines and towers, and will design, procure and install the balance of plant. EnXco is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the north central Iowa site.
