Feb 6 2008
Nordic Windpower Ltd., a leading company manufacturing and selling utility-scale wind turbines based on field-proven and innovative technology, today announced that it has opened its new North American office in Berkeley, CA. The company's management team for North America is located at this new office, at 125 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710, in the Berkeley Marina. Nordic Windpower also has offices in Bristol, England, and Taby, Sweden.
"With a world-class university and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley is a global center for renewable energy and clean technology research and innovation," said Steve Taber, CEO, and co-founder of Nordic Windpower. "Nordic Windpower is expanding very rapidly and will be creating dozens of new engineering, sales, and technical positions to meet the growing global demand for low-cost, highly reliable wind turbines. Berkeley, and the entire San Francisco Bay Area, has an extremely well educated workforce, skilled in advanced technology. We are very pleased to open our North American office here with the advantage of this talent pool."
Nordic Windpower was founded by Mr. Taber and Dr. Jim Walker, a member of the Nordic Windpower Board of Directors, and president-elect of the American Wind Energy Association. Mr. Taber received his Masters Degree in Architecture, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California at Berkeley.