Northern Power Systems

Northern Power Systems
Type	Public
Traded as	TMX: NPS
Industry	Wind Power
Founded	1974
Headquarters	Barre, Vermont, United States
Key people	CEO Troy Patton, CTO Jonathan Lynch
Products	Wind turbines

Northern Power Systems is a company that designed, manufactured, and sold wind turbines, and provided engineering development services and technology licenses for energy applications, into the global marketplace. The company was founded in 1974,^[1] and has since grown into a multinational corporation headquartered in Barre, Vermont, with European headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and a significant presence in the United Kingdom and Italy. It closed in 2019.^[2]

Products[]

Northern Power Systems manufactured the NPS 60 and NPS 100 wind turbines for community applications. The NPS 100 is rated as having a 100 kilowatt capacity, and the NPS 60 is rated as having a 60 kilowatt capacity. Northern Power Systems also manufactures the larger 2.3 megawatt turbine designed for industrial applications such as wind farms, called the Northern Power 2X platform.

References[]

^ "Wind Power Holdings raises $45M". Mass High Tech. October 23, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
^ McQuiston, Timothy (February 13, 2019). "Northern Power sells energy storage business, looks to sell rest". Vermont Business Magazine.

[1] "Wind Power Holdings raises $45M". Mass High Tech. October 23, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2010.

[2] McQuiston, Timothy (February 13, 2019). "Northern Power sells energy storage business, looks to sell rest". Vermont Business Magazine.

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