Wind turbines to replace nuke tests in Nevada
neg-micon.com
Subject: Major project on the way in Nevada, USA:
Date: 2001-01-18
Wind turbines on the Nevada Test Site in the USA
Nuclear tests on the old Nevada Test Site in the USA are to be replaced by wind turbines. One of the biggest wind farm projects ever mounted in America is planned to be erected on the Nevada Test Site 140 km. Northwest of Las Vegas. A ceremony was held on Wednesday, January 17th in Washington D.C. at which a deal was signed that will pave the way for wind energy to be generated in Nevada.
M&N Windpower Inc. and Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. signed the deal, along with the Nevada Test Site Development Corporation (NTSDC) for the establishment of the wind farm. M&N Windpower, the specialist wind project development company, in which NEG Micon has a major shareholding, and Siemens are currently negotiating a new joint venture for project development, to be called the MNS Wind Company. M&N Windpower is currently responsible for project development in Nevada, whilst Siemens will act as the turnkey contractor.
“This is a very exciting project that M&N Windpower is involved in, and we believe it highly significant that wind energy is to now be produced at the very place where formerly, nuclear bombs were tested,” stated NEG Micon Managing Director Torben Bjerre-Madsen.
Major interest in the USA
The project has attracted a high level of interest in the USA, with Energy Secretary Bill Richardson and Senator Harry Reid of Nevada present at the signing of the deal, which splits the project up into three phases with a total of 325 turbines to be erected over the next three years. Capacity of up to 85 MW is to be on-line during 2001 and when complete, total output is projected to be 260 MW – enough energy for more than 260,000 people!
“NEG Micon has yet to sign a final contract for supply of turbines to the project, which means sales and bottom line result during this year will only be affected to a limited extent by the project,” concludes Torben Bjerre-Madsen.
See also the press releases attached from Siemens Energy Automation, Inc. and the Nevada Test Site Development Corporation. |
