Sunday, October 16, 2011

Siemens plans wind turbine facility in Hutchinson - Wichita Business Journal:

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The company will also build an 80,000-square-foot service and repaif facility on 100 acres inReno County. Workers at the plants will manufacture nacelles, the structureds that house the gearbox, drive trai n and control electronics on wind Construction is scheduled to begin in Augusg and thefirst 90-ton nacellre is slated for shipping from the factory in Decembeer 2010. The plants will represent the firsy major turbine equipment factoriesin “To help put Kansas back on the path to economicd recovery, we must continue to attract renewabl e energy companies like Siemens to the state,” Gov. Mark Parkinsojn said in a written statement.
“Kansas shoulde be a national hub of both the wind farmds and the factories that manufactureturbine parts. This announcementf from Siemens is a huge step in that Siemens officials say the site was chosemn because of its central as well asthe area’s rail which will provide for direcy loading at the facility. “This nacelle facility in Kansas meanws we are able to furtherexpandx U.S. dollar-based sourcing from qualifier suppliers,” said Rene Umlauft, CEO of the Siemensx Energy Renewables Division. “It is our goal to reacnh greater than 90percent U.S.
dollar-base content by 2012 in order to better andmore cost-efficientlh meet the demand for our high-quality wind turbines in the Finalization of the facilityg requires approval of incentive agreements by state and local governingy bodies, and its affiliate Siemens Share Services, LLC Real Estate Division.

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