DeWind unit sells five turbines to Canadian research group

DeWind will supply five of its new 2MW model D9.2 wind turbines for a research site on Prince Edward Island in Canada with the units scheduled to enter operation in the fourth quarter this year.

Assembly contractor TECO-Westinghouse will build the nacelles at its plant in Round Rock, Texas, north of the state capital Austin. Towers will come from a new plant in Trenton, Nova Scotia, a joint venture between the province and a subsidiary of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), parent company of DeWind.

The tower plant is also scheduled to manufacture rotor blades although it was not immediately clear if it would supply this order.

The research site is owned by Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WEICan), whose main sources of…

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