Sany slams 'stunt' as it seeks new sites for Obama-ban turbines

President Obama  speaks during his visit to Florida Power & Light's Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in Arcadia, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)

China’s Sany Group is seeking new projects in the US for the 20 turbines it delivered to four wind farms in Oregon that were halted by president Barack Obama.

The company had planned to finish installing the 40MW Butter Creek project by the end of this year. But work has been halted at the wind farms after the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) in the US ruled they were located near or on restricted Navy airspace and could present a national security risk.

A Sany Electric sales manager says the firm has just begun looking for alternative projects to deploy the shipment of 2MW turbines, but could give no further details on possible sites.

Sany executives yesterday slammed the ruling,…

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