(Cedar Rapids)– Alliant Energy says it has agreed to buy 303 wind turbines from Vestas-American Wind Technology in a deal valued at 817 million dollars.
The agreement provides 1.65 megawatt wind turbines for Alliant subsidiaries Interstate Power and Light in Iowa and Wisconsin Power and Light. The turbines will be used for wind farm projects in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The turbines will have a total installed capacity of 500 megawatts and will be delivered in three groups, beginning with the initial delivery next year. Delivery for the final two groups will begin in 2010.
Alliant says it’s important to contract for the equipment under a master agreement that provides on-time delivery at a reasonable cost to customers.
Madison, Wisconsin-based Alliant has about one million electric and more than 400,000 natural gas customers in the midwest.
(Story from the Associated Press.).
