Wind Factory Watch: Northern Power Systems: Michigan

As the Detroit Free Press put it, “Good news blows into Michigan” today, with Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) scheduled to announce that the Great Lake State has landed its first large wind turbine assembly plant.

Northern Power Systems, a turbine manufacturer based in Barre, Vt., will be using a factory in Saginaw, Mich., to build a next-generation large turbine. The company has already agreed to supply 13 of the 2.2-MW units for a wind farm to be built near Escanaba, Mich., the article said.

Previous articles in this series:

Wind Factory Watch: Four that got away, 12/2/10
Wind Factory Watch: Draka: Kansas, 11/11/10
Wind Factory Watch: URV: Michigan, 10/22/10
Wind Factory Watch: Saertex: North Carolina, 10/21/10
Wind Factory Watch: Goldwind: Montana, 10/15/10
Wind Factory Watch: Mass Tank: Massachusetts, 10/14/10
Wind Factory Watch: Vestas: Colorado, 10/13/10
Wind Factory Watch: Moventas: Oregon, 9/21/10
Wind Factory Watch: Energetx: Michigan, 9/7/10
Wind Factory Watch: Avanti: Wisconsin, 9/3/10
Wind Factory Watch: Second Wind: Massachusetts, 9/2/10
Wind Factory Watch: TPI Composites: Massachusetts, 8/26/10
Wind Factory Watch: Blade Dynamics: Louisiana, 8/25/10
Wind Factory Watch: Vestas: Colorado, 7/7/10
Wind Factory Watch: Eagle Claw: Oklahoma, 6/30/10
Wind Factory Watch: Alstom: Texas, 5/27/10
Wind Factory Watch: Beckmann Volmer, Arkansas, 5/21/10
Wind Factory Watch: Ingersoll Machine Tools, 5/15/10
Wind Factory Watch: ZF Industries, Georgia, 5/10/10