CPC to invest $300 million in wind power stations

US-based energy group Cannon Power Corporation (CPC) intends to invest $300 million in the construction of wind power units. CPC president Michael J. Toke said on Wednesday that, "The first generator will be built in Se ptember 2004 near Sławno". Toke added that it will be constructed with the assistance of CPC's Polish-German partner. The American group is interested in building several wind power farms, with a combine capacity to produce 300 megawatts of electricity, and which will be mainly located in western and northwestern parts of the country. CPC representatives who met the Wie lkopolska Voivode yesterday and declared they are ready to invest around $100 million in the region. "The new project in western Wielkopolska could be sited near Nowy Tomyśl. We are currently waiting to receive planning permission," said Cannon Polska deputy president Andrzej Kaźmirowski. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) A.Z.