The company expects to follow up this three-turbine shipment with 16 more deliveries to community wind projects early in the new year. Nordic had sought to ship 10 units this calendar year.

Nordic, one of a handful of companies to be awarded a US Department of Energy Loan Guarantee, has ramped up production at its factory in Pocatello, Idaho.

Nuevo Manantial SA will add the turbines to a 13MW wind project to reduce the amount of fossil-based electricity used by utility UTE, according to Nordic.

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