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Clipper Windpower is a wind turbine manufacturing company founded in 2001 by James G.P. Dehlsen.〔("Clipper Chairman inducted into Environmental Hall of Fame" ), ''North American Windpower'', 12 December 2008, Retrieved: 23 October 2010.〕 It designed one of the largest wind turbines in the United States, manufactured in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was working collaboratively with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Affected by a global recession, in December 2010 Clipper Windpower was acquired by United Technologies Corporation. It was sold in 2012 to Platinum Equity LLC.〔()〕 The company has reduced its manufacturing and is supporting its turbines.〔(), ''The Gazette,'' 3 November 2012 〕 ==History== In September 2007 Clipper Windpower, based in Carpinteria, California, received an Outstanding Research and Development Partnership Award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the design and development of its 2.5 MW Liberty Wind Turbine, one of the largest wind turbines manufactured in the U.S. at the time. The turbine was developed under a partnership with DOE and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). It was manufactured in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Commercial sales started in June 2006 for the new Liberty turbine and (mostly contingent) orders for more than 5,600 MW (2,240 units) for deliveries in 2007 through 2011 were booked.〔("Largest Wind Turbine Manufactured in U.S. Gets Energy Award" ), ''Industry Week''〕 Clipper Windpower had an agreement with BP Energy to supply the 2.5 MW turbines for the proposed 5,050 MW Titan Wind Project in South Dakota. Among the projects completed with Clipper wind turbines is Steel Winds in Lackawanna, New York, south of Buffalo, where an urban wind farm was developed on part of a brownfield. Emerging companies such as Clipper were among those adversely affected by a global recession in 2008 and 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clipper Windpower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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