Oil And Gas Observer reported that the first project is the Breckenridge Wind Farm located outside Breckenridge, Mich in Gratiot County. The 30,000 acre wind farm will use stranded copper clad steel in the ground grid collector system. It is estimated to produce 200 MW of wind energy which has the capacity to power nearly 54,000 homes.

The second project scheduled to use CommScope's GroundSmart solution is the Rolling Hills Wind Farm near Massena, Iowa.

Mr Ric Johnsen senior VP of Broadband, CommScope said that "As renewable energy continues to increase in popularity, developers are racing to keep up with the demand by constructing new wind farms throughout the country. These two projects are vital to the areas they serve and developers see GroundSmart as a simple solution to reducing projects costs without compromising the system's integrity. These contracts also demonstrate that GroundSmart continues to gain acceptance in grounding applications."

(Sourced from www.oilandgasobserver.com)