JERA Americas, the US unit of Tokyo-based power giant JERA, has awarded a 300MW wind turbine order for the El Sauz project in Texas to German manufacturer Nordex.

The deal marks the start of planned expansion into the state and the US in general by the alliance of Tokyo Electric Power Group (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power Group that already is the provider of 30% of the electricity of Japan, the world’s third-largest economy.