NEWS ALERT -- SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

TÜV SÜD America Acquires National Wind Assessments (NWA)

Peabody, Massachusetts. TÜV SÜD America Inc. announces that it has acquired the assets of National Wind Assessments (NWA), a subsidiary of National Wind LLC in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including the recruitment of two wind assessment specialists, equipment, software and licenses, the assumption of warehouse/office and transportation leases, as well as ongoing wind assessment contracts.

NWA is a wind assessment company specializing in the following services:

•Meteorological Tower Micro-sitting and Installation
•Remote Sensing Equipment Leasing and Installation
•Wind Data Collection and Quality Assurance
•Environmental Wind Analysis
•Wind Energy Assessment Analysis
•Feasibility Consulting

"The acquisition of National Wind Assessments is an excellent "bolt on" to TÜV SÜD's core Wind Energy Service business in North America," commented Mr. Ian Nicol, TÜV SÜD America's President and CEO. "With the continued growth of the renewable market in the Americas and globally, NWA's services provide our existing clients, as well as a larger client base, with an expanded portfolio of capabilities," continued Mr. Nicol.

For more information about TÜV SÜD America's Wind Energy Services, visit: www.tuvamerica.com/wind.

Media Relations:

For more information, contact:
Paul J. Wierl
Director, Industry Service
TÜV SÜD America Inc.
978-573-2536
pwierl@tuvam.com

For editorial information, contact:
Carmen S. Asteinza
Marketing Director
TÜV SÜD America Inc.
978.573.2577
casteinza@tuvam.com

About TÜV SÜD America Industry Service
TÜV SÜD America's Industry Service division offers a variety of global conformity assessment services that help ensure a product's acceptance and success in the global marketplace. Industry Service's full suite of services includes engineering, construction, and repair services for the power and process industries, carbon management, greenhouse gas services, consulting, third-party inspection, testing & certification. The group is an ANSI-accredited GHG Verification Body and is active under all major North American and international GHG programs. The Industry Service division also provides Notified Body services through its parent organization TÜV SÜD Group, a Notified Body for the PED and TPED, and other EU Directives.

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National Wind Assessments is a recognized leader in advanced wind resource analysis of wind energy projects across the United States. Our wind resource assessments focus on meteorological tower installation, wind data acquisition, wind farm layout and design, and the environmental impacts of potential wind farm locations.

We have been involved in the planning, permitting, and overall design of over 50 utility-scale wind farms across the United States. We have the knowledge and experience to guide our projects successfully through every step of the assessment process and help developers build carefully-crafted wind energy sites.

Our wind analysis experts can prospect for potential sites, establish project footprints, and implement and manage a successful data acquisition program. We handle the nuances of micro-siting potential wind turbine layouts and we can accurately estimate the annual energy production of a developing wind farm.

We also calculate and marginalize environmental impacts that affect the human and wildlife populations of an area. We address issues such as noise levels, shadow flicker potential, zones of visual influence and conduct a visual impact analysis of the complete wind farm. With an aim for preserving pre-existing environmental conditions, we incorporate studies on the flight paths of migratory birds and ecological surveys into our analyses. This avoids the disruption of wildlife habitats and provides a comprehensive environmental assessment of your land to determine the viability of commercial wind energy production.