Spanish energy giant, a leader in wind, servicing U.S. demand with a local plant.
Acciona today marked the opening of a first wind turbine production plant in the United States.
The new facility in West Branch, Iowa cost $23 million and was constructed in seven months.
It is to produce 200 wind turbines in 2008, with plans to increase to 400 turbines per year in the future.
The plant will supply turbines primarily for Acciona Energy wind farms throughout North America based on technology from its wind turbine manufacturing subsidiary, Acciona Windpower, in producing its AWP 1.5-77 models.
The plant is expected to provide more than 100 new jobs.
Acciona is a leading developer of windparks worldwide, with more than 5,300 MW installed in twelve countries.
It's also a significant solar developer, recently launching Nevada Solar One, the largest solar thermal power plant (64 MW) built in the world in the last 17 years (see Biggest solar thermal plant in 16 years connects to Nevada grid).
It also has biomass plants, small hydro power stations and produces biodiesel from vegetable oil and bioethanol from wine-surplus alcohol.
The new wind turbine plant in Iowa is Acciona’s fourth, with two other wind plants in Spain and one in China. In total, the company now has a global production capacity up to 2,280 MW of wind turbines a year, it said.
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