Babcock & Brown Completes Construction of $456 Million Windfarm Project in Texas

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Babcock & Brown LP (San Francisco, California), a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown Limited (ASX:BNB) (Sydney, Australia), has completed construction and is currently commissioning the $456 million, 280-megawatt (MW) Gulf Wind Windfarm project in Sarita, Texas.

Construction of the project started earlier this year and was completed this fall. Babcock & Brown anticipates full commercial start-up of the facility by the end of January. The project consisted of constructing 117 2.4-MW Mitsubishi Power Systems MWT95 model wind turbine generators in Kenedy County near Sarita. Once operational, the new facility will generate enough renewable energy to power up to 80,000 homes.

Renewable Energy Systems Americas Incorporated (Broomfield, Colorado) provided the turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction services for the project.

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