Energy news, April 2009

Vestas to scale back production facilities in Europe

One of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers is to shed 1900 manufacturing jobs in the UK and Denmark.

Environmentally friendly solvent for removing epoxy and polyester resins

Applied Chemical Laboratories Inc has developed an environmentally friendly solvent formulated to remove epoxy and polyester resins from manufacturing equi

LM Glasfiber’s revenues up 53% in 2008

LM Glasfiber saw a 53% jump in revenues to €885 million and recorded an operating profit of €91m in 2008.

UK wind industry ready to pump £2.5billion "direct into UK economy"

The UK's wind power industry has given a thumbs up to a £525 million support package in Budget 2009, and believes that this will enable the industry to unl

Airtricity and Fluor form Round 3 offshore wind consortium

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) subsidiary Airtricity and Fluor Ltd are creating a new consortium to bid for the exclusive rights to develop windfarms u

Lectra introduces cutter for large composite parts

A fabric cutter designed for use in cutting very long pieces of composite materials is being introduced by Lectra, the French supplier of specialised softw

UK 2009 budget latest: offshore wind and energy efficiency the early winners

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has delivered his latest budget, which includes £1.4 billion of extra targeted support in the low car

Mesh abrasive wheels for composites available from Rex-Cut

A line of Type 27 flexible mesh abrasive wheels in several grades for grinding, sanding, and preparing the surfaces of composite wind turbine blades, fibre

Siemens supplies 13 wind turbines to Turkey

Siemens has received a turnkey order for the supply of 13 of its SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines from EnerjiSA Power Generating Company for Çanakkale-Mahmudiye w

Energy Composites Corp acquires wind turbine blade manufacturing land

Energy Composites Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the City of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA, to acquire a 54 acre parcel of land fo

TenCate supplies composites for solar car

Solar Team Twente will use advanced composite materials from TenCate for its solar powered car, which will participate in the 10th World Solar Challenge in

Energy Composites Corp launches WindFiber strategy

Energy Composites Corporation has launched a composites-in-wind-energy programme, WindFiber™, under which it will carry out wind-related innovation, engine

Multibrid supplies 80 offshore wind turbines for Global Tech 1 windfarm

Multibrid, a subsidiary of AREVA, will supply 80 M5000 5 MW offshore wind turbines for the 400 MW Global Tech 1 windfarm 90 km from the coast in the German

AGL constructs 132 MW Hallett 4 windfarm in South Australia

AGL Energy Ltd has entered into agreements for the construction of the 132 MW Hallett 4 windfarm at North Brown Hill in South Australia.

DONG Energy installs first offshore wind turbine at Gunfleet Sands

DONG Energy has installed the first offshore wind turbine at its Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm project in the Thames Estuary off the East coast of Engl

Better photocells from bigger Buckyballs

Nanoscale capacitors pack in the power

Better photocells from bigger Buckyballs

Graco exhibits wind energy manufacturing equipment

Graco® will exhibit its fluid handling equipment for wind energy manufacturing applications at the WINDPOWER 2009 Conference and Exhibition on 4-7 May, 200

MAG automates composite wind turbine blade production

MAG is introducing rapid material placement and quick-cure moulding systems that reduce lay-up infusion and curing time by 50%, double throughput and incre