USA - Mass Megawatt wins Army wind-power deal

Mass Megawatt Wind Power Inc., a Worcester-based maker of wind turbine power plants, has made its first penetration into the military market with the sale of a 50 megawatt wind-power plant to be constructed at the U.S. Army Intelligence Headquarters in Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

Construction of the facility is expected to begin this spring as part of the Army's ongoing efforts to expand into renewable energy, according to officials at Mass Megawatt Wind Power (OTC: MMGW).

The wind power plant will include Mass Megawatt Wind Power's Multiaxis Turbosystem, and will include a newly developed, adjustable augmenter recently announced by the company.

The new augmenter reduces the electricity-generation cost below traditional wind turbine technologies and is directly competitive with fossil fuel power plants such as coal and natural gas, officials claim. The augmenter is capable of increasing the amount of energy harnessed by wind power by up to 70 percent, translating into an increase of more than five times the power output.