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| Acciona chooses Iowa for its first production facility in the U.S.  Acciona Windpower, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acciona Energía, will begin construction work on its first wind turbine plant in the United States; the facility is expected to be operational by the end of the year. It represents an investment of 16.9 million euros and will produce 250 AW-1500 wind turbines in 2008 using in-house technology. The selected site is West Branch, in the State of Iowa. It is the company's fourth wind turbine assembly plant, with another two in Spain and a third in China. The choice of Iowa is due to its excellent logistical location in relation to a large number of wind power projects of the Acciona Group in the United States, and also to factors such as the existence of an industrial supplier base nearby, the support of the State and the city of West Branch for the investment, and the availability of a skilled workforce and technical training centers. Iowa holds third place in wind power capacity in the US after Texas and California, according to the American Wind Energy Association.Acciona 's West Branch plant will supply wind turbines for wind farms located throughout North America and will provide the company, when it is operating at full capacity, with worldwide production capacity of 1,740 wind turbines for a total of 2,610 MW per year. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |