Some Clipper Windpower towers in 2009-10 may be length of football field

Clipper Windpower manufactures turbines in Cedar Rapids. The tower supplier is Northstar Wind Towers, based just north of Omaha.

From SustainableBusiness.com:

Clipper Windpower Plc (CWP.L) has entered into a design agreement with Northstar Wind Towers for a tower design option that enables taller wind turbine towers in the range of 80 to 120 meters.Northstar will produce a tower design certified by Germanischer Lloyd for utilization with Clipper's 2.5-megawatt (MW) Liberty wind turbine. The taller tower will be an option that will become available for turbine sales in the 2009-2010 timeframe. ...

Northstar will produce a tower design certified by Germanischer Lloyd for utilization with Clipper's 2.5-megawatt (MW) Liberty wind turbine. The taller tower will be an option that will become available for turbine sales in the 2009-2010 timeframe. ...

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