Clipper Windpower Plc has announced that under a supply Agreement with UPC Wind, eight of the company’s first commercially-available 2.5MW Liberty wind turbines will be utilized in the Steel Winds Wind Farm, the first wind power project to be built on the US shores of Lake Erie.
Located just south of Buffalo, New York, in the suburb of Lackawanna, the Project is currently under development by UPC Wind and its partner BQ Energy. Sited along the Lake Erie shoreline, the Project will provide for the redevelopment of land long occupied by an abandoned steel factory. Project completion is expected by year-end 2006. Under the terms of the Agreement, in addition to wind turbine supply, Clipper will provide wind turbine installation supervision and operations and maintenance services for a period of five years.
