UK company Synergy Composites has invested in a new autoclave which will be used to manufacture advanced composite components.
31 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Angstron Materials Inc, a producer of nano graphene platelets (NGPs), has been awarded US$1.494 million from the US Commerce Department’s National Institut
30 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 win
30 December 2009Kari Larsen
Power Composites will manufacture and deliver wind turbine blades for more than 200 MW for PowerWind’s wind turbine installations in its European market un
30 December 2009Kari Larsen
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 2009Kari Larsen
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 2009Kari Larsen
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 Formu
29 December 2009Amanda Jacob
A new partnership between automotive supplier Magna and the National Research Council Canada (NRC) will see the formation of a Composite Centre of Excellen
28 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 2009Amanda Jacob
A method for joining composite structures developed by Northrop Grumman for NASA's Composite Crew Module (CCM) demonstrator has passed a series of structur
25 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Gurit has confirmed the closing of the acquisition of Suzhou Red Maple Wind Blade Mould Co Ltd of China.
23 December 2009Amanda Jacob
LM Glasfiber, the independent manufacturer of wind turbine blades, is entering into a three-year research project supported by the Danish National Advanced
22 December 2009Kari Larsen
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) is changing name to RenewableUK to reflect the increasing amount of renewable energy the organisation covers.
22 December 2009Kari Larsen
Most people will be disappointed with the agreement reached between China, India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States at COP15 in Copenhagen last we
21 December 2009Kari Larsen
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
21 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 con
19 December 2009Kari Larsen
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
18 December 2009Kari Larsen
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
18 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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 f
18 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 u
17 December 2009Kari Larsen
LM Glasfiber will produce wind turbine blades for Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd’s new 2.5 MW wind turbine.
17 December 2009Kari Larsen
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
17 December 2009Kari Larsen
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its first flight yesterday at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, USA. Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled for fourt
16 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 p
16 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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
15 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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
15 December 2009Kari Larsen
Siemens Energy says it will establish its UK wind turbine generator R&D competence centre at the University of Sheffield.
15 December 2009Kari Larsen
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives has called for massive investment in renewable energy and green technologies to address climate change – and to s
15 December 2009Kari Larsen
A ‘fund of funds’ sponsored by the European Commission will invest €12.5 million into a renewable energy fund for Asia.
15 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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
15 December 2009Bill Eggertson
Governments need to establish regulatory and policy frameworks providing transparency, longevity and certainty to climate change and renewable energy inves
14 December 2009Kari Larsen
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
14 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Australian Composites Pty Ltd has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Vivian Regina Brasil Ltda to distribute its UV curing prepregs into the transpo
14 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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
14 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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 2009Bill Eggertson
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 2009Bill Eggertson
Saudi Arabia is seriously looking into renewable energy, according to Lady Judge, the Chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
12 December 2009Kari Larsen
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 2009Kari Larsen
Three manufacturing firms in the US state of Michigan have been awarded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds to help them diversify
11 December 2009Amanda Jacob
The British government has released its pre-budget report which provides substantial new funding to renewable energy and other low-carbon options.
11 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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 2009Kari Larsen
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 2009Amanda Jacob
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 2009Amanda Jacob
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 2009Amanda Jacob
A low maintenace bridge installed in Reinbek, near Hamburg, combines steel beams with a glass reinforced plastic deck supplied by Fiberline Composites of D
10 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 2009Kari Larsen
BMW has selected Hexcel reinforcements for the inner structural layer of the carbon fibre roof of its M-series cars.
10 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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
10 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) have committed to “further support” investment in projects and programmes in renewable energy, energy efficien
9 December 2009Bill Eggertson
The number of municipalities which has signed onto the ‘Covenant of Mayors’ for sustainable and renewable energy has surpassed 1000 since its creation in F
9 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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 ma
9 December 2009Kari Larsen
The new Blade Test Center Gujarat (BTCG) of Indian wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon has successfully completed tests on a new wind turbine rotor blade usin
9 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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.
9 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Swiss composite materials company Gurit has signed an agreement to acquire Suzhou Red Maple Wind Blade Mould Co Ltd of China, strengthening Gurit’s positio
9 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Westech Aerosol, a speciality industrial adhesives manufacturer, has developed an adhesive specifically for the vacuum infusion process.
9 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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.
8 December 2009Kari Larsen
The International Energy Agency (IEA) will present “key findings” on renewable energy during the climate conference in Copenhagen.
7 December 2009Bill Eggertson
Virgina Galactic today unveiled its SpaceShipTwo commercial spaceship at the Mojave Spaceport in California.
7 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Nine countries including the UK signed up to develop an integrated offshore wind grid in the North and Irish Seas.
7 December 2009Kari Larsen
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 ranking
7 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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 (F
7 December 2009Kari Larsen
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
7 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Swiss composite materials supplier Gurit has acquired composite engineering and materials company High Modulus of New Zealand, creating a stronger presence
7 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 Un
4 December 2009Kari Larsen
Europeans consider climate change to be the second-most serious problem facing the world today, but paying for green / renewable energy or installing solar
4 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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.
4 December 2009Kari Larsen
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.
4 December 2009Kari Larsen
Boeing has completed the static test necessary to validate the side-of-body modification made to its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
3 December 2009Amanda Jacob
ACCIONA Energy has completed construction of its largest wind farm in the world and the largest facility in Latin America.
2 December 2009Bill Eggertson
Clipper Windpower Plc and its subsidiary Clipper Windpower Development Corporation have sold 28 Liberty 2.5 MW wind turbines totalling 70 MW, and its Maryl
2 December 2009Kari Larsen
KaZaK Composites Inc, a provider of composite engineering and design, has teamed up with Raytheon IDS and completed the design phase of the composite balli
2 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 the
1 December 2009Bill Eggertson
SGL Group's 50k heavy tow carbon fibre has been approved by Germanischer Lloyd Wind Energy GmbH (GL Wind) for the wind energy industry.
1 December 2009Amanda Jacob
The following five stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of November:
1 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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 i
1 December 2009Amanda Jacob