Sany Electric First Overseas Wind Turbine Project Starts Operation

Texas, June 29th, 9:30 am marked the breakthrough of Chinese wind energy company. The 10MW wind turbine project of Ralls wind farm was completed and started generating power. It is Chinese company’s first ever wind turbine project in north America.

The completion ceremony attracted great public attention among the local community. Representatives from Ralls city government, Sany Electric, Baker RD, and Xcel attended the ceremony and gave speeches. At 9.30 am, five Sany SE8720III wind turbines started generating power successfully after tuning.

Located in the northwest of Texas, Ralls city is 300 km away from Dallas. The wind turbine project occupies an area of 205 hectares and enjoys great wind energy resource. As the only Chinese company in the project, Sany Electric has overcome great difficulties during construction including heavy wind and high temperature.

Ralls wind project started in December last year. During the last 6 months, the project successfully finished foundation construction, wind turbines installation, road construction and transformer substation construction. In June, 2011, the project finally came to its completion.

It is expected that the wind turbines can generate power of 36,000,000 kw / h to Ralls city to make sure the citizens enjoy stable and clean energy.