20-megawatt wind farm proposed in central Mont.

 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says a global wind energy company
headquartered in China plans to build a 20-megawatt wind farm in central Montana.
   Baucus says that the wind farm is for proposed for a site near Shawmut, a small
ll community about 75 miles northwest of Billings along the Musselshell River.
   It would be built by Goldwind USA, whose Chinese parent company, Goldwind, bills
 itself as one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in the world.
   Baucus says he met with executives from the company during a 2010 trip to Beijing
and urged them to do business in the state.
   Goldwind says it hopes to complete construction on the project and begin gene
rating power at the Shawmut site by the end of the year.
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