This news is classified in: Sustainable Energy Wind
Oct 13, 2015
WindStream Technologies, announced today that it has commissioned Phase 1 of its 2 megawatt (MW) commitment in Argentina. Phase 1 consists of 500 kilowatts (kW's) of the Company's PowerMill™ product, which is now operational in the Province of Buenos Aires, just outside the city of Buenos Aires.
In a well-attended ribbon-cutting event, the "Parque de Energía Híbrida, Solar y Eólico Papa Francisco," named after Pope Francis, was officially unveiled to the public and was attended by officials from all levels of the government of the Province of Buenos Aires, including the Secretary of Public Services, in charge of Energy, Franco La Porta and the Executive Director of the Organization for the Sustainable Development (OPDS), Hugo Bilbao. Daniel Scioli, currently the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires and the leading Presidential candidate for the Country's elections to be held on October 25, 2015 was the Master of Ceremonies for the event.
he project consists of three rows of PowerMill's™, which will directly feed energy into the grid powering Led lighting along the highway "Camino del Buen Ayre", the first sustainable highway of Latin America, and local homes and businesses. "This project represents the Company's first foray into providing utility scale power to a grid and is a huge milestone for WindStream. This project has opened up our ability to meet the needs of our customers around the world that have asked for a utility scale product that harnesses both wind and solar resources in a single application," said Travis Campbell, COO of WindStream.
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Claudio Chami, WindStream's Senior Vice President of Sales for Latin America added, "We are now able to offer a hybrid energy solution to the country that not only can be rooftop mounted, but can be used in a utility scale application opening up a whole new market for the Company's products and services."
The project has been championed by Chamber of Electric Distribution Companies from the Province of Buenos Aires, as well as the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, as a means of promoting the use of renewable energy within the more than 100 member utility companies.
Argentina is currently assessing its energy policies and is believed to be leaning towards mandating and supporting, through feed in tariffs, the use of clean energy to supplement its energy needs. The Company is in discussions to deploy the PowerMill™ in other Provinces throughout Argentina and expects to see approvals for these new projects by the end of the year.
About WindStream Technologies: Founded in 2008, WindStream Technologies, a public company (OTCQB: WSTI), is headquartered in North Vernon, Indiana. WindStream Technologies was established to create low-cost hybrid, renewable energy solutions for urban, suburban, and on and off-grid environments. Made in the USA, its patented SolarMill® technology is a distributed energy solution, which produces continuous renewable energy for customers that is always available. The Company's products are sold globally.
