Nordex saw an operating loss (EBIT) of €29.7 million in 2011, compared to an EBIT of €40.1m in 2010 due to decreased sales and one-off costs.
28 February 2012Kari Williamson
Suzlon has completed testing and certification of its S95 Standard Temperature Version (STV) 2.1 MW wind turbine in its 50 Hz and 60 Hz variants, achieving
28 February 2012Kari Williamson
GE Energy Financial Services and JP Morgan will invest US$225 million in NextEra Energy Resources' 662.5 MW Capricorn Ridge wind farm in West Texas, USA.
28 February 2012Kari Williamson
CCS Composites, a subsidiary of TenCate Advanced Composites, has received a 2011 Boeing Performance Excellence Award.
28 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Plastics suppliers Borealis and Borouge will exhibit their latest glass reinforced polypropylene materials at the VDI Plastics in Automotive Engineering c
27 February 2012Amanda Jacob
The Chilean Government has launched an international tender call for three land-use concessions for up to 150 MW each of onshore wind.
27 February 2012Kari Williamson
Gamesa will supply five of its G97 2 MW wind turbines for the 10 MW wind farm planned in Highgate, Ontario, Canada, marking the first Canadian project for
24 February 2012Kari Williamson
SSE Renewables has received consent for an offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston from North Ayrshire Council in Scotland.
23 February 2012Kari Williamson
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
20 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond has welcomed a blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore wind, wave and tidal develo
17 February 2012Kari Williamson
The EU is already ahead of the energy trajectory mapped out in the NREAPs with 145 Mtoe compared to the 136.8 MW estimated for 2010, and only needs another
14 February 2012Kari Williamson
Renewable Energy Focus is planning a UK Offshore Wind supplement to go alongside the May/June issue.
14 February 2012Kari Williamson
Viking Yachts uses Delcam's PowerMILL CAM milling software in the machining of its composite yacht parts.
13 February 2012Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
13 February 2012Amanda Jacob
The Spanish wind power sector experienced the slowest growth ever recorded in percentage terms with a 5.1% increase in accumulated power to just under 21.7
10 February 2012Kari Williamson
DONG Energy has opened the 367.2 MW Walney offshore wind farm in the UK.
10 February 2012Kari Williamson
Japanese carbon fibre manufacturer Toray Industries Inc and UK automotive design company Gordon Murray Design Ltd have signed a technical partnership partn
9 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Suzlon Energy Ltd has revealed plans for a potential 400 MW wind turbine manufacturing facility in South Africa.
9 February 2012Kari Williamson
Vestas fell into a net loss of €166 million in 2011, compared to a profit of €156m in 2010, during what the company terms “a very challenging year”.
8 February 2012Kari Williamson
Over 41 GW of new wind power was installed in 2011, up 21% from 2010, bringing the total to over 238 GW, says the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
8 February 2012Kari Williamson
At a meeting of the Offshore Developers Forum, co-chaired by Department of Energy and Climate Change Minister Charles Hendry, it has been put forward that
7 February 2012Kari Williamson
3TIER's wind performance map of Europe for 2011 shows that wind speeds were 5-10% above normal in northern Europe, and up to 10% below normal in southern E
7 February 2012Kari Williamson
Equipment supplier MAG IAS says its GEMINI Composite Processing System is capable of switching from automated fibre placement to automated tape laying in a
7 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Italian boat builder Mattia's Mattia 60 catamaran was constructed using a vacuum infusion process to produce a vessel with reduced weight and greater speed
6 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) plans to place its first European offshore wind project in Methil, Fife, in Scotland, creating over 500 jobs.
6 February 2012Kari Williamson
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
6 February 2012Amanda Jacob
The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) has launched the Coalition of Automotive Lightweighting Materials (CALM) which will aim to accelerate the developm
4 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Nammo Composite Solutions has signed an agreement with Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Arizona, USA, to support the development and manufacturing of a
3 February 2012Amanda Jacob
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) are partnering to explore how renewable energy can help the US Departmen
2 February 2012Kari Williamson
Resintex Technology Srl is exhibiting new composite product ranges at the Seatec 2012 marine show in Italy this month.
1 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Nordex will assemble and install the 30 MW Barbers wind farm consisting of 12 of its N90/2500 wind turbines for Eolia Renovables, in Spain.
1 February 2012Kari Williamson
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of January 2012.
1 February 2012Amanda Jacob
Gamesa and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are collaborating on next generation wind turbines for the US market.
1 February 2012Kari Williamson