NEWS 06.20.11

Olympic Steel Installs a Northern Power 100 Wind Turbine

Olympic Steel Inc., a national metals service center, says it has installed a $550,000 Northern Power 100 kW wind turbine that will supplement electricity to the company's corporate office and attached temper mill facility in Bedford Heights, Ohio.

The gearless, direct-drive designed turbine is mounted atop a 120-foot monopole and features a 69-foot diameter rotor. The unit is expected to supplement approximately 15% of the electric power consumed by the company's location with any excess production directed to the local energy grid, which is managed by First Energy.

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