Construction is expected to begin this summer on the Desert Claim wind project and will last approximately a year, according to enXco. Gov. Christine Gregoire, D-Wash., recently approved the $330 million project, which is being built by enXco.

Desert Claim would be located on 5,200 acres about eight miles northwest of Ellensburg. The project would have 95 turbines with the capacity to generate 190 MW.

enXco says the Desert Claim is projected to generate 282 new jobs and $33 million in total economic activity statewide during construction, according to a study by ECONorthwest.

Washington's Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council's gave the project a unanimously favorable recommendation to Gregoire in November 2009. enXco is a partner in the Central Washington Energy Resource Collaborative Innovation Partnership Zone that the state approved last fall for Kittitas County.

Trillium Power Wind Corp. has designated Vestas Offshore as its preferred supplier for all four of its offshore wind projects currently under development on the Ontario side of the Great Lakes.
Combined, Trillium Power's four projects, Trillium Power Wind 1, Trillium Power Wind 2, The Great Lakes Array and The Superior Array, total approximately 3,700 MW. Developing these projects will require private-sector investment of $14.8 billion over a 10-to 12-year period, according to the company.
Trillium Power has agreed to deploy Vestas V112 3.0 MW turbines for their first offshore wind development, Trillium Power Wind 1, located off the mainland in northeastern Lake Ontario.
As part of its strategic agreement, Vestas will become the exclusive provider of up to 740 turbines, as well as a wide range of other services. Vestas will assist Trillium Power in determining the appropriate mix of turbines to optimize the power production at each Trillium Power site.

Grupo Bertin, a large international conglomerate from Brazil, awarded MAN Diesel a contract to supply the electro-mechanical equipment for six diesel power plants. These components include 120 large-bore diesel engines and generators, which together will form the heart of the plants. The order volume for MAN Diesel comes to around Euro 300 million. Grupo Bertin is also the largest truck customer of MAN Latin America, MAN Group’s South American division for commercial vehicles.
MAN Diesel will supply GenSets, comprising large-bore diesel engines of type 18V32/40, complete with associated generators, along with other power plant components. All in all, the six diesel power plants will generate over 1000 MW of electricity, making a considerable contribution towards ensuring a constant supply of energy for this South American country. The power plants will be built close to the city of Salvador in the state of Bahia, and will go on grid in 2011.