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BMW to power Leipzig factory by wind energy
by Staff Writers
Berlin (AFP) Aug 21, 2011

German auto giant BMW plans to build four wind turbines to power a factory with enough electricity to assemble hundreds of vehicles a day, auto newspaper Automobilwoche will report on Monday.

The wind farm should be able to produce the necessary energy by late 2013, the company said.

BMW said it wants its Leipzig factory to become an example of green energy production, one that could eventually be followed in assembly plants worldwide.

The Leipzig factory is forecast to produce about 200,000 vehicles in 2011 at a rate of 740 a day.




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ACS Group sells Spain wind farm portfolio
Madrid (UPI) Aug 15, 2011
Spanish construction and renewable energy giant ACS Group says it has sold a chunk of its wind energy business to a private equity firm for $850 million. ACS, which announced last year it would put its operating renewable energy assets up for sale, completed a deal Friday with European private equity firm Bridgepoint for a portfolio of 11 wind farms in Spain's northwestern Castile and L ... read more


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