Nordic Windpower
Nordic Windpower was a privately owned manufacturer of wind turbines based in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States. Nordic Windpower filed for liquidation in the Kansas City Bankruptcy court in October 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/print-edition/2012/10/19/turbine-maker-nordic-windpower-files.html |title=Nordic files |publisher=Kansas City BizJournal |access-date=2013-02-27}}{{cite web |title=State of Kansas |url=https://www.ksb.uscourts.gov/ |website=United States Bankruptcy Court}}
History
The company had roots in a Swedish government wind turbine research and development program started 1975. Early prototypes in this program were erected in Maglarp, Skåne and Näsudden, Gotland. Nordic Windpower's N1000 turbine was designed with inspiration from the Maglarp prototype and has two blades rather than the more conventional three.
In the 1990s the company became privately owned Nordic Windpower AB. After selling only 5 turbines it became a United States entity in 2005 and promptly sold 7 turbines.{{cite web|url=http://www.nordicwindpower.com/history.html |title=Nordic WindPower |publisher=Nordic WindPower |access-date=2010-12-22}}http://www.nordicwindpower.com/images/2D_sidebar_1.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}} It received a $16 million loan guarantee from the United States Department of Energy.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_16913416?nclick_check=1 |title=Nordic Windpower leaving California - San Jose Mercury News |work=Mercurynews.com |date=21 December 2010 |access-date=2010-12-22}} Its private owners were Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Novus Energy Partners, Goldman Sachs, Impax Asset Management, I2BF Venture Capital, Pulsar Energy Capital and other investors.{{cite web|url=http://www.nordicwindpower.com/investor.html |title=Nordic WindPower |publisher=Nordic WindPower |access-date=2010-12-22}}
Before moving to Kansas City it had its corporate headquarters in Berkeley, California with a production facility in Pocatello, Idaho. Engineering design was carried out in Bristol, United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.nordicwindpower.com/overview.html |title=Nordic WindPower |publisher=Nordic WindPower |access-date=2010-12-22}} In December 2010 Nordic announced its plans to move to Missouri to be closer to its target market and was offered $5.6 million in conditional incentive packages to relocate to Kansas City International Airport.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/21/BUG81GU0KL.DTL |title=Berkeley's Nordic Windpower moving to Missouri |publisher=Sfgate.com |date= 2010-12-22|access-date=2010-12-22 |first=David R. |last=Baker}} Nordic temporarily occupied {{convert|50000|sqft|m2}} of the {{convert|1700000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} former American Airlines Overhaul facility at the airport which the airline had abandoned. It was scheduled to be the first tenant at the KCI Intermodal Business Centre being developed by Trammell Crow Company at the airport.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/21/2536178/turbine-maker-coming-to-kc.html |title=Turbine maker coming to KC |publisher=KansasCity.com |access-date=2010-12-22}}
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External links
- [http://www.nordicwindpower.com/ Official website]
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Category:Defunct wind turbine manufacturers
Category:Wind power in the United States
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Kansas City, Missouri
Category:Energy companies established in 1975
Category:Renewable resource companies established in 1975
Category:1975 establishments in Missouri
Category:Renewable resource companies disestablished in 2012
Category:American companies established in 1975
Category:American companies disestablished in 2012
Category:2012 disestablishments in Missouri
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