Contract Totals More Than $350 Million
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy has received a contract of more than $350 million to supply 167 of its 1.5-megawatt wind turbines to Third Planet Windpower, LLC, a developer of wind projects throughout the United States.
The new machines will be used in one or more new wind farms Third Planet Windpower is developing in Texas, New Mexico, Nebraska and Wyoming that will be ready for turbines in 2009. The turbines purchased from GE will have the capacity to serve about 60,000 to 75,000 typical U.S. households.