Aug. 21, 2007: Siemens Ships First Turbine Blades from New U.S. Factory

A wind turbine factory in Iowa has distributed its first blades to a Texas wind farm. The shipment is part of a greater movement of worldwide wind energy.

Renewable Energy Access
Siemens Ships First Turbine Blades from New U.S. Factory
Aug. 21, 2007
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=49705

The first wind turbine blades manufactured at the new Siemens blade factory in Fort Madison, Iowa, left the facility last Tuesday, bound for the Sweetwater Wind Farm, west of Abilene, Texas. Each blade is 148 feet long, nearly the width of an American football field and weighs approximately 12 tons. The project owner is Sweetwater Wind 5 LLC, jointly owned by Babcock and Brown and Catamount Energy.

"By expanding our wind turbine blade manufacturing capacity in the U.S., we are able to play a more significant role in helping the U.S. meet its growing electricity demand with clean wind energy and zero carbon emissions. We are looking forward to serving the growing wind energy in the U.S., which is expected to triple by 2020."

“By expanding our wind turbine blade manufacturing capacity in the U.S., we are able to play a more significant role in helping the U.S. meet its growing electricity demand with clean wind energy and zero carbon emissions. We are looking forward to serving the growing wind energy in the U.S., which is expected to triple by 2020,” said Randy Zwirn, president and CEO of Siemens Power Generation, Inc., and member of the PG Group Executive Management.