Glasgow firm signs US wind turbine deal

Published Date: 23 September 2008

A SCOTS firm has secured a £1 million order to supply wind turbine technology to the United States over two years.
Glasgow-based Macom Technologies builds sensors to monitor the performance of turbines and has already shipped some of the 750 components on order.The deal was signed with Clipper Windpower, which is building turbines across the US. An agreement between Clipper and BP could bring further investment to Macom in future.Macom's device fits into turbines to monitor lubricants for metal particles, which indicate wear. The company, formed in 1999, has ten employees and plans to take on a further two.Ashraf Mabrouk, a Macom director, said: "The deal helps establish Macom as a prime player in the wind energy sector as suppliers of specialised but critically important wear debris condition monitoring equipment."Jim Dehlsen, of Clipper Windpower, said deals with other Scottish companies could follow. He praised "Scotland's leadership in driving forward technologies in support of wind energy's global expansion".