Alstom Building Wind Turbine Nacelle Assembly Facility In Amarillo, Texas

May 29, 2010 – Vol.15 No.10

Alstom Building Wind Turbine Nacelle Assembly Facility In Amarillo, Texas.

Alstom, a global leader in power generation, has broken ground on a 115,000 square foot wind turbines nacelle assembly facility in Amarillo, Texas. The Alstom wind turbine nacelle assembly facility, which is scheduled to be operational in 2011, will create 275 full time engineering, production, and technical support jobs in Amarillo, Texas when the plant is at full capacity.

Alfonso Faubel, Alstom Wind Vice President, said, "Amarillo is the ideal location for Alstom's wind power manufacturing hub in North America because it is centrally located in an area that is expected to create a substantial number of new wind power projects over the next several years. In addition, Amarillo has invested in the infrastructure needed to transport the sizeable equipment to potential sites all across North America and the resources needed to train its work force to be as productive as possible."

Workers at the Amarillo facility will assemble the "nacelles" -- i.e., the generator, gearbox, and control systems that make up a wind turbine. The nacelles will be transported to sites where they will be combined with blades and a tower to create the complete wind turbine generator. Alstom will offer its North American customers a product that includes any combination of the complete unit and the engineering, design, construction, and maintenance of the facility.

Alstom Wind designs, assembles and installs a wide range of onshore wind turbines spanning 1.67 MW to 3 MW. To date, the company has installed or is installing over 1850 wind turbines in more than 100 wind farms, corresponding to a total capacity of over 2200 MW. (5/27/10)

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