
For Immediate
Release
Nordic
Windpower Selects Pocatello, Idaho, for North American Turbine Manufacturing
Facility
Berkeley,
California, and Pocatello, Idaho – March 10, 2008 – Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch”
Otter and Roger W. Chase, Mayor of the City of Pocatello, announced today that
Nordic Windpower, Ltd. www.NordicWindpower.com, a leading manufacturer of innovative
two-bladed utility-scale wind turbines, has selected Pocatello, Idaho, as the
site for its new turbine manufacturing facility for the North American market.
Nordic Windpower
plans to create more than 160 new technical, engineering, and administrative
jobs at the new Idaho-based facility, with additional positions at the
company’s operational centers in California and the UK.
“Idaho is very
pleased to have attracted Nordic Windpower, a rapidly growing company in the renewable
energy sector,” said Governor Otter. “Idaho is committed to increasing our
energy independence by increasing renewable energy use to 25 percent by 2025.
That will mean great new jobs for Idahoans as we continue to draw leading
alternate energy businesses such as Nordic Windpower to our state.”
"We are
extremely pleased to locate Nordic Windpower’s North American manufacturing
facility in Idaho, following a comprehensive review of many good sites across
the United States,” said Steve Taber, Nordic Windpower CEO and co-founder. “Pocatello has a favorable cost of
operations, and an excellent workforce and location central to potential
customers and transportation. These
advantages will benefit our customers in competitive pricing for very high
reliability. With the invaluable assistance at the state and local level,
Nordic is ramping up rapidly to meet demand that is outpacing production across
the industry.”
“We are excited that
Nordic Windpower has selected Pocatello for its US manufacturing operations and
look forward to a long and prosperous relationship,” said Mayor Chase. “Nordic
Windpower will add welcome new jobs and enhance Pocatello’s reputation as an
attractive center for alternate energy manufacturing with an exceptional
workforce, cost of doing business, and quality of life. “
As one of North
America’s leading wind developers, and a company instrumental in Nordic’s move
to Idaho, Boise-based Exergy Development Group welcomes Nordic to Idaho.
“We are delighted to see Nordic, with its innovative technology, strong
financial foundation, and excellent management team, ‘voting with its feet’ to
come to Idaho,” said James Carkulis, Exergy President. “We look forward
to working with them to grow the state’s renewable energy sector.”
As a result of
Idaho’s assistance, Nordic has several options for expansion, up to four times
the size of its leased 42,786 square-foot facility, as it scales production to
meet demand of large and small developers and community wind projects.
Volume production is
expected to commence in Q3 for turbine delivery in November 2008, with
anticipated production of at least 20 turbines monthly by September 2009.
“We feel very
strongly that Pocatello is the right place for Nordic Windpower,” said Gynii
Gilliam, Executive Director of Bannock Development Company, a private
non-profit economic development organization working with Idaho state and local
government. “The company is a good fit with
alternate energy manufacturing operations in southeastern Idaho, and we are
happy to help leading companies realize the cost-savings and advantages of
working in our state.”
About Nordic Windpower
With
offices in California, the UK, and Sweden, Nordic Windpower Ltd. manufactures
and sells competitively priced, low maintenance and highly reliable
utility-scale wind turbines to large and small developers and community wind
projects worldwide. With 10 years of
trouble-free operations, Nordic Windpower’s two-bladed turbines are based on a
30-year, $75 million investment in R & D by the Swedish government. For
information, visit www.nordicwindpower.com
or call toll-free 888-322-2080.
Media
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