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
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
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
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
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 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
Siemens Energy says it will establish its UK wind turbine generator R&D competence centre at the University of Sheffield.
15 December 2009Kari Larsen
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
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
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
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
A waste-to-energy incineration plant in Norway is employing fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composite chimney liners manufactured by Tunetanken AS of Denmar
11 December 2009Amanda Jacob
Corrosion-resistant composite components are being used in a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) unit recently installed by American Electric Power (AEP
11 December 2009Amanda Jacob
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
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
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
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
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
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
ACCIONA Energy has completed construction of its largest wind farm in the world and the largest facility in Latin America.
2 December 2009Bill Eggertson
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