North American Windpower: BP Begins Construction Of Silver Star I

BP Begins Construction Of Silver Star I

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by NAW Staff on Thursday 13 September 2007

BP Alternative Energy has broken ground on Silver Star I, the developer's first wind project in Texas. The project, located 80 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, will have a capacity of 60 MW and is owned 85% by BP and 15% by Clipper Windpower.

According to BP, Silver Star I will have 24 Clipper 2.5 MW wind turbine generators, the largest wind turbines built in the U.S., and will be the first application at scale of Clipper's new C-96 wind turbine technology.

Clipper says the wind turbine was designed to address current industry gearbox and other component deficiencies and minimize unscheduled maintenance events. Silver Star I is expected to be commercially operational by next spring.

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