Vestas will deliver 50 of its V100 1.8 MW and 25 of its V90 2.0 MW wind turbines to Bulgaria and Romania.
31 December, 2009
Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (SSE) will acquire a 25.1% stake in the 367 MW Walney offshore wind farm west of the Isle of Walney in the Irish Sea, from DONG Energy, which will retain a 74.9% stake.
31 December, 2009
UK company Synergy Composites has invested in a new autoclave which will be used to manufacture advanced composite components.
31 December, 2009
Angstron Materials Inc, a producer of nano graphene platelets (NGPs), has been awarded US$1.494 million from the US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop processes for mass-producing chemically modified NGPs for applications in the aerospace, energy, defence, automotive and telecommunications markets.
30 December, 2009
Siemens and DONG Energy have expanded their record offshore wind turbine supply agreement from March as Siemens is to provide 75 of its 3.6 MW offshore wind turbine for DONG Energy’s 270 MW Lincs offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
30 December, 2009
Power Composites will manufacture and deliver wind turbine blades for more than 200 MW for PowerWind’s wind turbine installations in its European market until 2012.
30 December, 2009
DONG Energy is acquiring PNE Wind AG's 50% ownership interest in each of the two German offshore wind turbine projects Borkum Riffgrund 1 & 2.
29 December, 2009
Nordex USA has received an order for 8 N100 wind turbines to be installed at a 20 MW wind farm in Glenmore, Wisconsin outside of Green Bay, USA.
29 December, 2009
Advanced Composites Group Inc (ACG) has signed a long-term supply agreement with US F1 Team, the only US-based team to take the grid for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.
29 December, 2009
A new partnership between automotive supplier Magna and the National Research Council Canada (NRC) will see the formation of a Composite Centre of Excellence, focusing on thermoplastic automotive parts.
28 December, 2009
Underbody shielding manufactured by Takeo Automotive Systems and made of SymaLITE® from Quadrant Plastics Composites has been specified for the BMW Z4 car.
27 December, 2009
The Brazilian Composite Materials Association (ABMACO) predicts 3% growth for the composites industry in Brazil in 2010.
26 December, 2009
A method for joining composite structures developed by Northrop Grumman for NASA's Composite Crew Module (CCM) demonstrator has passed a series of structural tests.
25 December, 2009
Chemicals company Celanese Corporation has acquired FACT Future Advanced Composites Technology GmbH (FACT), Germany, a producer of long fibre reinforced thermoplastics (LFT). FACT will become part of Celanese's Ticona technical polymers business from 1 January.
24 December, 2009
Gurit has confirmed the closing of the acquisition of Suzhou Red Maple Wind Blade Mould Co Ltd of China.
23 December, 2009
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22 December, 2009
LM Glasfiber, the independent manufacturer of wind turbine blades, is entering into a three-year research project supported by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation to develop laser-based wind sensory systems as an integrated part of future wind turbine blades.
22 December, 2009
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) is changing name to RenewableUK to reflect the increasing amount of renewable energy the organisation covers.
22 December, 2009
Most people will be disappointed with the agreement reached between China, India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States at COP15 in Copenhagen last week, according to Steve Sawyer, Secretary General at the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
21 December, 2009
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21 December, 2009
UK’s Ofgem E-Serve has announced a short list of firms for the first 9 offshore wind farm links projects following the first tender to run transmission connections to offshore wind farms.
19 December, 2009
China is now one of the top two most attractive locations in the world in which to invest in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young's latest global renewable energy country attractiveness indices.
18 December, 2009
New legislation in the United States will create 253,000 jobs in power generation from renewable energy systems, and could add 469,000 more jobs, according to a report.
18 December, 2009
German wind turbine blade maker SGL Rotec GmbH & Co KG has announced a long-term agreement with BARD Emden Energy GmbH & Co KG for the delivery of blades for BARD's offshore wind farms.
18 December, 2009
REpower UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of REpower Systems AG, will develop two wind farms totalling 30.75 MW in County Durham in the North East of England under a contract with E.ON Climate & Renewables.
17 December, 2009
LM Glasfiber will produce wind turbine blades for Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd’s new 2.5 MW wind turbine.
17 December, 2009
As part of plans to develop its business in Asia, glass fibre reinforcements manufacturer 3B, of Belgium, has appointed Essen International as its non-exclusive agent for India.
17 December, 2009
The International Renewable Energy Alliance (REN Alliance) has called for renewable energy to be at the forefront of the post-2012 climate action regime in its COP15 policy statement.
17 December, 2009
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its first flight yesterday at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, USA. Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled for fourth quarter 2010.
16 December, 2009
The world must invest in renewable energy and other low-carbon energy sources immediately, because every year of delay adds US$500 billion to the cost of protecting the global environment, says the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
16 December, 2009
The sounds produced by wind turbines are not harmful to human health, concludes an expert panel in its report to the wind energy associations in the United States and Canada.
15 December, 2009
The CDM executive board rejected 10 proposed Chinese wind energy projects on the grounds of lack of consistency with the CDM additionality criterion at the beginning of December, causing the wind industry to react with disbelief.
15 December, 2009
The global potential to produce biomass for energy in a sustainable way is sufficient to meet global energy demand, according to a paper by the World Bioenergy Association (WBA) based on a report by the Department of Energy and Technology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
15 December, 2009
Siemens Energy says it will establish its UK wind turbine generator R&D competence centre at the University of Sheffield.
15 December, 2009
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives has called for massive investment in renewable energy and green technologies to address climate change – and to save countries like the Maldives.
15 December, 2009
Alcan Composites Core Materials is introducing an enhanced version of its AIREX® T90 polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foam core material which is designed for applications with high flame, smoke and toxicity (FST) requirements.
15 December, 2009
A ‘fund of funds’ sponsored by the European Commission will invest €12.5 million into a renewable energy fund for Asia.
15 December, 2009
A survey of residents along the northeastern US coast indicates that 57% of respondents now support a controversial offshore wind farm, up from 44% in the same survey in 2005.
15 December, 2009
Governments need to establish regulatory and policy frameworks providing transparency, longevity and certainty to climate change and renewable energy investors, according to Kevin Parker, Global Head of Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division.
14 December, 2009
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14 December, 2009
Australian Composites Pty Ltd has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Vivian Regina Brasil Ltda to distribute its UV curing prepregs into the transportation market in Brazil.
14 December, 2009
The European Commission has granted €1.5 billion to offshore wind farms and carbon capture & storage (CCS) schemes that will relaunch Europe’s economy and reduce its GHG emissions.
14 December, 2009
The Scottish Government has approved a second extension to a wind farm near Glasgow, boosting the capacity of the Whitelee Windfarm to 593 MW.
14 December, 2009
A global survey of 24,071 adults around the world shows majority support for government investments in renewable energy to address climate change.
13 December, 2009
Saudi Arabia is seriously looking into renewable energy, according to Lady Judge, the Chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
12 December, 2009
The UK New and Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) will build a £15 million facility for testing offshore wind turbine blades of up to 100 m in length.
11 December, 2009
Composites distributor Infiglass of Peru has been appointed a distributor for composites processing equipment manufacturer Fibermaq of Brazil.
11 December, 2009
Three manufacturing firms in the US state of Michigan have been awarded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds to help them diversify into manufacturing of composite wind turbine blades and related components.
11 December, 2009
A waste-to-energy incineration plant in Norway is employing fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composite chimney liners manufactured by Tunetanken AS of Denmark.
11 December, 2009
METYX Composites has invested in a MAX 4 multiaxial reinforcement production line produced by LIBA and has also started production of carbon fabric.
11 December, 2009
Corrosion-resistant composite components are being used in a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) unit recently installed by American Electric Power (AEP).
11 December, 2009
The British government has released its pre-budget report which provides substantial new funding to renewable energy and other low-carbon options.
11 December, 2009
GE will supply wind turbines worth US$1.4 billion to Caithness Energy for the 845 MW Shepherds Flat wind farm in Oregon, USA.
10 December, 2009
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is investing £126.5 million into Clipper Windpower Plc and intends to reach ownership of 49.5% of Clipper.
10 December, 2009
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated US$34.7 million to establish a Carbon Fibre Technology Centre at its Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
10 December, 2009
Owens Corning is doubling its capacity to manufacture glass fibre technical fabrics in Brazil to meet growing demand from the wind energy industry.
10 December, 2009
The first composite lay-up for the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft – a panel for the centre wing box – has been manufactured in Nantes, France.
10 December, 2009
BMW has selected Hexcel reinforcements for the inner structural layer of the carbon fibre roof of its M-series cars.
10 December, 2009
Stork Fokker AESP has signed a contract with Airbus for the development and manufacture of the composite outboard flaps for the A350 XWB family of aircraft.
10 December, 2009
A low maintenace bridge installed in Reinbek, near Hamburg, combines steel beams with a glass reinforced plastic deck supplied by Fiberline Composites of Denmark.
10 December, 2009
REpower Systems AG has signed a delivery agreement to provide enXco with 70 REpower MM92 2.05 MW wind turbines for a wind farm project in the West Coast market in mid-2011.
09 December, 2009
Toho Tenax's carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) has been adopted for the cabin and other components of the Lexus LFA, a new supercar from Toyota.
09 December, 2009
The number of municipalities which has signed onto the ‘Covenant of Mayors’ for sustainable and renewable energy has surpassed 1000 since its creation in February.
09 December, 2009
Leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) have committed to “further support” investment in projects and programmes in renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transportation systems at COP15.
09 December, 2009
Swiss composite materials company Gurit has signed an agreement to acquire Suzhou Red Maple Wind Blade Mould Co Ltd of China, strengthening Gurit’s position in the wind energy market in Asia.
09 December, 2009
The new Blade Test Center Gujarat (BTCG) of Indian wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon has successfully completed tests on a new wind turbine rotor blade using a Moog test system.
09 December, 2009
Westech Aerosol, a speciality industrial adhesives manufacturer, has developed an adhesive specifically for the vacuum infusion process.
09 December, 2009
Siemens Energy has installed a prototype of its SWT-3.0-101 DD direct drive 3 MW wind turbine close to the Danish town of Brande.
08 December, 2009
The International Energy Agency (IEA) will present “key findings” on renewable energy during the climate conference in Copenhagen.
07 December, 2009
The United States remains the most attractive country overall for renewable energy, but China has moved ahead of Germany to take second spot in the rankings released by Ernst & Young.
07 December, 2009
Pulse Tidal, a tidal power developer based in Sheffield, England, is receiving a €8 million grant from the EU’s technology research and development fund (Framework Programme 7) to enable Pulse Tidal to begin work immediately on developing its first fully commercial tidal energy generator.
07 December, 2009
Nine countries including the UK signed up to develop an integrated offshore wind grid in the North and Irish Seas.
07 December, 2009
Swiss composite materials supplier Gurit has acquired composite engineering and materials company High Modulus of New Zealand, creating a stronger presence in the boat building market.
07 December, 2009
Virgina Galactic today unveiled its SpaceShipTwo commercial spaceship at the Mojave Spaceport in California.
07 December, 2009
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07 December, 2009
Clipper Windpower Inc is exporting 27 of its 2.5 MW wind turbines to Mexico, backed by a US$80.66 million direct loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank).
04 December, 2009
Europeans consider climate change to be the second-most serious problem facing the world today, but paying for green / renewable energy or installing solar panels or wind turbines are the least popular method to address the challenge.
04 December, 2009
Siemens Energy will supply 28 of its SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines to Meridian Energy for the Te Uku wind power project near Hamilton, New Zealand.
04 December, 2009
The Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm consists of 25 wind turbines with a total output of 90 MW, and is the biggest wind farm in Wales.
04 December, 2009
Nanocyl is installing a new reactor with a capacity of 400 tonnes/year for producing its NC 7000 carbon nanotubes.
04 December, 2009
Boeing has completed the static test necessary to validate the side-of-body modification made to its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
03 December, 2009
Carbon fibre supplier Zoltek Companies Inc reports net sales of US$33.8 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2009, a decrease of 33% from the same quarter of fiscal 2008.
03 December, 2009
Clipper Windpower Plc and its subsidiary Clipper Windpower Development Corporation have sold 28 Liberty 2.5 MW wind turbines totalling 70 MW, and its Maryland-based Criterion development project to Constellation Holdings Inc, a subsidiary of Constellation Energy Inc.
02 December, 2009
KaZaK Composites Inc, a provider of composite engineering and design, has teamed up with Raytheon IDS and completed the design phase of the composite ballistic screen for the Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG 1000).
02 December, 2009
ACCIONA Energy has completed construction of its largest wind farm in the world and the largest facility in Latin America.
02 December, 2009
The world will need to invest US$3.2 trillion if it is to generate 12% of electricity from wind power by 2050, and the International Energy Agency says there is “no fundamental barrier” to achieving that target or even exceeding it.
01 December, 2009
A coalition of 16 associations from around the world has issued a joint statement in Copenhagen, Denmark to underscore how hydrogen technologies can help to curb global greenhouse gas emissions.
01 December, 2009
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01 December, 2009
Rio Tinto has completed the sale of Alcan Composites, part of the Alcan Engineered Products division, to Schweiter Technologies for US$349 million.
01 December, 2009
As part of the UK Composites Strategy launched last week, a competition is being launched that will see £5 million awarded to British business to develop innovative composite manufacturing techniques.
01 December, 2009
SGL Group's 50k heavy tow carbon fibre has been approved by Germanischer Lloyd Wind Energy GmbH (GL Wind) for the wind energy industry.
01 December, 2009