Gamesa is selling the 48 MW wind farm in the Pomorskie region of Poland to the utility PGE Energia Odnawialna.
31 May 2011Kari Williamson
Vestas will deliver 149.9 MW worth of wind turbines to an undisclosed project in Canada.
31 May 2011Kari Williamson
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31 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Aerospace parts manufacturer Composites Horizons Inc (CHI) highlighted its expanded capabilities and capacity at SAMPE 2011 in California last week.
30 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Dow Formulated Systems is introducing the COMPAXX™ 700 foam core material for use in the manufacture of wind turbine blades.
27 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The UK Government has announced it will invest over £200 million on innovation centres focusing on green and renewable energy, and £20m into two clean tech
27 May 2011Kari Williamson
Gurit has announced the signing of a "significant parts supply contract" for composite body panels with an existing automotive customer. The contract runs
26 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Wind turbine maker Nordex has purchased VISTAGY Inc's FiberSIM® software to streamline its design-to-manufacturing process for composite wind turbine blade
26 May 2011Amanda Jacob
BAE Systems has announced an agreement for the proposed sale of its Composite Structures business in Brea, California, USA, to EnCore Composites Holdings I
25 May 2011Amanda Jacob
ForWind and Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) are setting up the National Wind Energy Research Association to cooper
25 May 2011Kari Williamson
Vestas says it can confirm it is in negotiations with GP Wind regarding a 92 MW wind turbine order in India.
25 May 2011Kari Williamson
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF) – a joint venture between the SGL Group and BMW – has completed the Moses Lake, Washington, facility which will manu
25 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Siemens Energy is opening a US wind service distribution center in Woodward, OK, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2011.
24 May 2011Kari Williamson
Gamesa will invest up to €50 million over the next five years to buy stakes in companies developing promising renewable energy technologies.
23 May 2011Kari Williamson
DNV and the Swedish Transmission Research Institute (STRI) are cooperating on solutions for power transmission in the offshore and wind energy sectors.
23 May 2011Kari Williamson
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23 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The Gainesville, Texas, plant of Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG) has celebrated the shipment of its 1000th set of 37 m composite wind turbine blades.
20 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Caledonia Green Innovation Ltd presented its Sycamore vertical axis-wind turbine and Nymph hydro unit at All-Energy in Aberdeen, Scotland.
20 May 2011Kari Williamson
Machine tool systems company MAG has acquired Forest-Liné Group, a French company specialising in CNC manufacturing systems for aerospace applications and
20 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The instrument panel and inner door modules of the new Range Rover Evoque are manufactured using STAMAX® thermoplastic composite from SABIC Innovative Plas
19 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said in a recording played at All-Energy that the Scottish Government aims for 100% renewable energy by 2020.
18 May 2011Kari Williamson
MRC SGL Precursor Co Ltd (MSP) has started its production of precursor (the raw material for carbon fibres) on schedule. The carbon fibre manufactured from
18 May 2011Amanda Jacob
UK project Fibrecycle has developed high performance, low cost co-mingled carbon fibre thermoplastic yarns and fabrics, with funding support from the UK's
18 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The organising committee for the SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (SPE ACCE) has announced two US$2000 scholarships for graduate-level res
17 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The UK could be sitting on a renewable energy goldmine if the Government gets the Electricity Market Reform right, according to KPMG.
17 May 2011Kari Williamson
The UK Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced a project to develop wind turbine blades over 90 m long for the next generation offshore wind turb
17 May 2011Kari Williamson
Composite materials supplier Gurit will showcase its latest wind energy products at the WINDPOWER 2011 exhibition in California next week.
17 May 2011Amanda Jacob
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16 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Galvao Energia has ordered 40 Vestas 2 MW wind turbines for a wind farm project in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
13 May 2011Kari Williamson
Gamesa has seen a 67% jump in net profit to €13 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2011 with international markets driving sales.
13 May 2011Kari Williamson
Advanced Composites Group Inc has been awarded US$1.967 million from the US Navy for research and development efforts in support of its out-of-autoclave pr
13 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Turkey is building a 72 MW wind turbine in Kayseri using 36 of Vestas 2 MW wind turbines.
12 May 2011Kari Williamson
The Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 features a carbon fibre composite chassis made using a Huntsman Araldite® resin system for RTM.
12 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Collier Research Corporation has released Version 6 of its HyperSizer® design, analysis and optimisation software for composite and metallic designs.
11 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Vestas has signed an option agreement for land at the Port of Sheerness, Kent, UK, for the potential building of an offshore wind turbine manufacturing and
11 May 2011Kari Williamson
Scaled Composites has designed and built a new intelligence-gathering aircraft called Firebird for Northrop Grumman.
11 May 2011Amanda Jacob
RenewableUK warns against reducing the UK’s 2020 offshore wind targets in response to the recent report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
10 May 2011Kari Williamson
Renewable energy could contribute 80% of global energy supply by 2050, according to a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
10 May 2011Kari Williamson
Russian company ë-AUTO has placed an order with German press manufacturer Dieffenbacher for two manufacturing lines for the production of fibre reinforced
10 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The health and safety of wind technicians working on site at wind farms is taking center stage as North America reached over 40 GW of installed wind capaci
9 May 2011Kari Williamson
Composite pipe manufacturer HOBAS and construction group PBG have won an International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) No Dig Award for a sewer pr
9 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has concluded that a renewable energy share of around 30% by 2030 would be “appropriate.”
9 May 2011Kari Williamson
Ocean Power Technologies’ (OPT) has started ocean trials of its 150 kW PowerBuoy PB150 wave power device 33 nautical miles off Invergordon, North East Scot
9 May 2011Kari Williamson
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9 May 2011Amanda Jacob
WebCore Technologies LLC's new TYCOR® W5 core material is designed for use in the manufacture of longer, heavier wind turbine blades.
7 May 2011Amanda Jacob
The UK think tank Policy Exchange is calling on the UK to abolish its EU renewable energy target and rather focus on energy efficiency and other low-carbon
6 May 2011Kari Williamson
Gamesa will deliver 300 MW of wind turbines to China Resources Power’s renewable energy arm, China Resources New Energy Group.
6 May 2011Kari Williamson
The oil and gas industry will have to work together with the offshore renewables industry, according to legal firm Bond Pearce.
6 May 2011Kari Williamson
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), Richmond Aerovac and GRPMS will exhibit products for the manufacture of composite wind turbine blades at the All-Energ
5 May 2011Amanda Jacob
There is a need for specific offshore wind regulations to prevent accidents when developing offshore wind farms, according to offshore safety professionals
5 May 2011Kari Williamson
ATK has received a US$110 million contract from Lockheed Martin to produce composite components for low rate initial production (LRIP) Lots 5 through 9 of
4 May 2011Amanda Jacob
Vestas has seen its net loss more than double to €85 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 due to a low level of ac
4 May 2011Kari Williamson
Germany’s first commercial offshore wind farm, the 48.3 MW EnBW Baltic 1, has been commissioned in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Germany.
4 May 2011Kari Williamson
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will analyst and test a 3 MW Alstom Eco 100 wind turbine at NREL’s National Wind Technology Center near Bou
3 May 2011Kari Williamson
REpower AG will supply a total of 110 MW of wind turbines for wind farms in Canada.
3 May 2011Kari Williamson
Vestas will deliver 100 MW worth of wind turbines to an undisclosed customer for a project in the Shandong Province, China.
3 May 2011Kari Williamson
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