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Windmills spin on a wind farm near Charles City, Iowa on February 2, 2009. The Obama administration's stimulus plan will boost the U.S. wind-power industry by paying for new transmission lines according to Emerging Energy Research, an energy consulting firm located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Iowa recently surpassed California as the nation's second largest wind power producer. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey) 
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Published: July 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM
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WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday it would provide loan guarantees to Nordic Windpower USA and Beacon Power worth $59 million.

Nordic Windpower of Berkley, Calif., was granted $16 million to upgrade an assembly plant in Pocatello, Idaho, that produces one megawatt turbines that use two blades. The two-blade system costs 10 percent less to produce, install and operate, the DOE said in a statement.

Beacon Power was granted $43 million to build a 20-megawatt flywheel energy storage plant in Stephentown, N.Y.

"These projects represent the innovative technologies that will help America reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and fight climate change," DOE Secretary Steven Chu said.

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