That positive outlook, presented in a trading statement, lifted the turbine maker’s shares 40% to £120.5 in heavy trading Monday and Tuesday on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market.

Clipper, headquartered in Carpinteria, California, and London, says it delivered 127 of its 2.5 megawatt (MW) Liberty turbines this year through 30 June and expects to deliver about 173 more by year’s end, for a total capacity of 750MW in 2009.

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