Texas Group, Renewable Energy Systems Installing 36 Wind Turbines for Nebraska Public Power District

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Renewable Energy Resources (USA) Incorporated (RES America) (Austin, Texas), a subsidiary of Renewable Energy Systems Limited (RES) (Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England), is building a 59.4-megawatt (MW) windfarm for publicly-owned utility, Nebraska Pubic Power District (NPPD) (Columbus, Nebraska) in north central Nebraska. The Ainsworth Windfarm is located on 11,000 acres, six miles south of Ainsworth in Brown County, Nebraska, off of Highway 7. The windfarm will actually only utilize about 50 acres for the turbines, roads, and substation.

RES America started mobilization at the site in March and had the official ground breaking on April 13, 2005. Current site work includes roads, excavating, and foundations. RES America will be installing thirty-six Vestas V-82 1.65 MW wind turbine generator sets (230 feet high, with 131 foot blades and 269 feet in diameter), which are expected to start arriving in June 2005. Approximately fifty persons will be employed during the construction phases of the windfarm. The facility will employ 2-4 persons, when commercial operations commence in the fall of 2005.

NPPD expects to sell 32 MW of power to its wholesale customers and to retail communities. The balance of the power will go to other utilities, including an out-of-state municipality utility, JEA (Jacksonville, Florida). NPPD has enough space that it could expand the windfarm, should it acquire additional customers wanting renewable energy.

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