USA - GE to supply turbines for Wyoming wind farms

Wind energy major, General Electric will supply wind turbines for up to 2,100 MW of wind projects being developed by Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy in the state of Wyoming. GE will also be the technology partner for Pathfinder’s Wyoming wind power projects. Pathfinder is one of three wind developers to be allocated transmission capacity on TransCanada’s 3,000 mw Zephyr Power Transmission project of which Pathfinder’s allocation is 2100 MW.

Besides Pathfinder, Horizon Wind Energy LLC and BP Wind Energy, too, have won contracts for the Zephyr project. The proposed Zephyr project is a 1,000 mile (1,600 kilometre), 500 kilovolt, high voltage direct current line designed to move 3,000 MW of wind-generated electricity from Wyoming to power markets in the southwest U.S. at a cost of approximately US$3 billion. The target commercial operation date is 2015.

For more information please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net