REpower Systems AG has signed a framework contract with EDF Energies Nouvelles and RES Canada comprises the delivery of up to 954 MW for five wind farm pro
30 November 2009Kari Larsen
A report on net metering and interconnection practices that could enable renewable energy adoption across the United States, has given top marks to Califor
30 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Researchers at the University of Bristol in the UK aim to make use of a much wider range of vibrations from the environments we live and work in than is cu
30 November 2009Steve Barrett
Vestas has decided to make it as simple and easy as possible for pupils, students, teachers, and others to learn about wind power and the energy challenges
27 November 2009Kari Larsen
Knight & Carver Wind Group, a wind turbine blade repair, service and fabrication firm, has entered into a long-term blade service agreement for the North A
27 November 2009Kari Larsen
167 large filters with composite housings manufactured by Appalachian Plastics Inc have been supplied to the Atlantis The Palm resort in Dubai by Neptune-B
27 November 2009Jane Cotter
E.ON has opened its Stony Creek wind farm in Western Pennsylvania at the site of a former coal mine.
26 November 2009Kari Larsen
Ametek Foundry Products has partnered with Comanche Technologies, a leader in metal filtration casting applications, in developing Cerra-Flex®, an innovati
26 November 2009Richard Felton
US powder giant Hoeganaes Corporation has appointed Michael L Marucci as director of Research and Development reporting to the company’s president, Dave Ka
26 November 2009Richard Felton
The Modal Shop, Inc has developed a resonant acoustic method called NDT-RAM which detects internal and external flaws in metal injection moulded (MIM) part
26 November 2009
VISTAGY Inc, provider of the FiberSIM® composites engineering software, has entered a strategic partnership with Maxoft Inc, a Korean supplier of virtual p
26 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The UK government has announced a £22 million investment to advance the development of composite materials as part of its new UK Composites Strategy publis
26 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The Department of Energy (DoE) will fund US$18 million to support small business innovation research, development and deployment of clean and renewable ene
25 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Funding to the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Investment Plan in South Africa will allow the country to move towards its goal of 4% of electricity from renewa
25 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Lincoln Composites Inc has completed the required testing on its TITAN™ tank designed for the bulk transportation of compressed natural gas (CNG).
25 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €100 million to Pakistan and another €170m to Iceland, to finance renewable energy projects.
25 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Boeing has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the second final assembly site for the 787 Dreamliner aircraft programme at
25 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Portugese wind energy developer EDP Renewables will devote US$4 billion to build new wind farms in the United States through 2012, following US$1.5bn of ne
25 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Renewable Energy Systems Canada will develop a wind farm in southwestern Ontario, in partnership with a major Canadian gas company.
25 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Kayak manufacturers Hangzhou Epic Boat Co Ltd, China, and Nelo M.A.R. Kayaks Lda, Portugal, are now using the latest polyester ‘epoxy bonding’ spray gel-co
24 November 2009Jane Cotter
The levelised costs for solar energy will drop 50% in 2009, while the pre-subsidy cost for other renewable energy technologies will decline by 10%, accordi
24 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Wind turbine blade maker LM Glasfiber has announced plans to phase out large scale manufacturing at two factories in Denmark and one in Spain, while contin
24 November 2009Amanda Jacob
More than half a million residential and 20,000 commercial customers purchased 13 TWh of certified renewable energy last year, according to the Center for
24 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Clemson University in South Carolina will receive US$45 million from the federal government to develop a wind energy test facility that will enhance the pe
24 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Materials testing systems manufacturer Zwick is offering a patented new fixture for the testing of fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composites.
24 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week:
24 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) has been selected as the official prepreg supplier to the Multi One Design (MOD) 70 racing boat project.
23 November 2009Jane Cotter
REpower USA Corp, a subsidiary of Germany’s wind turbine manufacturer, REpower Systems AG will supply 9 of its 2 MW MM92 wind turbines with a total output
23 November 2009Kari Larsen
An energy fund created by Texas oil billionaire Pickens, which includes renewable energy, has filed a preliminary prospectus from securities regulators in
23 November 2009Bill Eggertson
QinetiQ’s Zephyr High-Altitude Long-Endurance unmanned aerial system (HALE UAS) program recently resumed flight testing and payload evaluations in Yuma, Ar
23 November 2009Steve Barrett
Matrix Composite Materials Co Ltd (MCMC) in the UK is offering two alternatives to the current fossil fuel based products used in modern composite boat con
20 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The world's longest wind turbine blade – 61.5 m – traveled to be displayed at COP15 in Copenhagen in December last weekend. LM Glasfiber has released a vid
20 November 2009Kari Larsen
ACCIONA has agreed long-term finance amounting to €18.14 million with the State Bank of India (SBI) for its two wind farms totaling 29.7 MW in India.
20 November 2009Kari Larsen
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) is introducing a phenolic resin system available as a prepreg suitable for mass transit, industrial and construction ap
20 November 2009Amanda Jacob
New appointments and staff changes – Axel Plastics, High Modulus, Outsourcing B2B Marketing, AOC.
20 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The wave energy device Oyster from Aquamarine Power was officially launched on 20 November at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
20 November 2009Kari Larsen
Scores of surface finishers—and even a few suppliers—from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire, were on hand recently for the
19 November 2009Reginald Tucker
A newly released report from the Federal Reserve shows U.S. industrial production increased 0.1% in October after having averaged monthly gains of about 0.
19 November 2009Metal Finishing
Carbon fibre supplier Zoltek Corporation has launched a new website.
19 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Metalforming companies anticipate a dip in business conditions and incoming orders. That’s the main findings from the November 2009 Precision Metalforming
19 November 2009Metal Finishing
The energy performance of buildings constructed after 2020 must improve and rely “to a large extent” on renewable energy, according to a deal reached betwe
19 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Seven new designs for offshore wind turbine foundations have been short-listed for funding by the Carbon Trust in Britain.
18 November 2009Bill Eggertson
The best prospects for large-scale renewable energy production and net-energy performance remain wind and certain forms of solar, according to a study rele
18 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) is launching a ceramic tooling block material which can be used to produce composite tooling for use in the autoclave p
18 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The economic recession has prompted utilities in Europe to invest less in renewable power and the smart grid, even though they need to invest more to meet
18 November 2009Bill Eggertson
US auto sales during October climbed again to an annualised manufacturing rate of 10.4 million vehicles from September’s 9.2 million.
18 November 2009Richard Felton
Met-Pro Corporation's Duall business unit has received orders worth approximately US$2.8 million for composite equipment from two municipal water treatment
18 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Piracy is gaining momentum – and not only on the world’s seas.
18 November 2009Richard Felton
The UK-based parent company of Canadian PM components manufacturer Stackpole has reported improvements in its financial position.
18 November 2009Richard Felton
Bombardier Aerospace has selected VISTAGY's FiberSIM® software suite as the standard composite engineering solution for all its aircraft programmes, includ
17 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Airbus SAS has selected the Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to produce composite structures and tooling for its next-generation A350 XWB (Xtra Wide Body) aircraf
17 November 2009Amanda Jacob
SP has launched three new products for manufacturers of composite boats at METS 2009 in Amsterdam.
17 November 2009Amanda Jacob
PPG Industries will receive a US$741 000 grant from the US Department of Energy to support the development of materials and automation processes for wind t
16 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week.
16 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Boeing has completed installing reinforcements within the side-of-body section of two more of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
16 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Centorr Vacuum Industries has introduced two new full size metal injection moulding furnaces.
16 November 2009
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu is travelling in India and China as part of the Department of Energy’s (DoE) efforts to advance opportunities for internatio
16 November 2009Kari Larsen
3M is introducing an epoxy resin for carbon fibre composites called 3M™ Matrix Resin 3831.
15 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Euroresins Europe Holding GmbH & Co KG is to be distributor for SAERTEX GmbH & Co KG’s non-crimp fabrics and SAERcore materials in Norway, Sweden, the UK,
14 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Construction starts this month on the Wave Hub project wave energy project in South West England.
13 November 2009Kari Larsen
VISTAGY Inc, provider of the FiberSIM® composites engineering software, and BETA CAE Systems SA, a specialist in computer aided engineering (CAE) software
13 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Core materials manufacturer DIAB has signed a global distribution agreement with French syntactic foam producer BMTI, giving DIAB a complete product range
13 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Cannon Power Group has received US$19.4 million in federal renewable energy grants to spur construction of its 400 MW wind farm in Washington State.
13 November 2009Kari Larsen
GE and E.ON Climate & Renewables North America have signed a 7-year operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement covering E.ON Climate & Renewable’s complete
12 November 2009Kari Larsen
Siemens Energy will supply 70 wind turbines for the Los Vergeles wind farm in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
12 November 2009Kari Larsen
Wave and tidal energy companies are to be asked for their views on the future development of the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
12 November 2009Kari Larsen
The European Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA) is looking for presentations for its 10th World Pultrusion Conference, which will take place in Barce
12 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Wind turbines in Europe could displace the annual emission of 333 megatonne of CO2 by 2020, says the European Wind Energy Association.
11 November 2009Bill Eggertson
PM manufacturers in the US are among those who could benefit from last week’s decision by the government to expand net operating loss (NOL) tax relief as p
11 November 2009Richard Felton
MetoKote Corporation, a provider of protective coating applications based in the United States, has chosen Germany as the site for its new manufacturing pl
11 November 2009Metal Finishing
The Perdac/Atomising Systems course “Atomising Metals for Powder Production” is to run again on 25 and 26 March, 2010, in Manchester, UK.
11 November 2009Richard Felton
A newly released report from the Department of Labor puts job losses for the month of October at 558,000, bumping up the unemployment rate to 10.2%—up from
11 November 2009Metal Finishing
Benchmark Products, Inc., of Indianapolis, Ind., and New Surface Technologies, LLC, of Bedford, Ohio, recently announced the formation of Asterion, LLC, ef
11 November 2009Metal Finishing
Rinehart Racing has entered into a new state-of-the-art manufacturing arrangement with Clearline Industries, LLC, for the manufacturing of its motorcycle p
11 November 2009Metal Finishing
Wind turbines supplied 54% of Spain’s total electricity demand, for a short period on the weekend.
11 November 2009Bill Eggertson
During COMPOSITES EUROPE 2009, DSM Composite Resins, Dieffenbacher and Fraunhofer ICT unveiled a direct compounding technology for the production of thermo
11 November 2009Amanda Jacob
A solar car built at Tokai University in Japan has won the solar race across Australia, at an average speed of more than 100 km/h.
11 November 2009Bill Eggertson
First Wind, a North American wind power company, has completed the first 203.5 MW phase of its Milford Wind Corridor project in Millard and Beaver County,
11 November 2009Kari Larsen
Bulgaria’s wind power is set to boom over the next decade, according to a presentation at a workshop on integrating wind power in Bulgaria, predicting wind
11 November 2009Kari Larsen
Four renewable energy projects will receive AU$235 million from the federal government in Australia, including a 19 MW wave farm off the coast of Victoria.
11 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Three UK-based banks will offer new loans to onshore wind farms, in a scheme that could enable £1.4 billion of onshore wind projects to move to constructio
10 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Energy Composites Corporation (ECC) has reached agreement with the City of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA, to develop two areas of land into a wind turbi
10 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Australian Composites Pty Ltd has signed a partnership agreement with Sunrez Corporation, a US producer of ultra-violet (UV) curable resins, putties and pr
10 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Wind energy will receive US$80 million in federal government funding appropriations, a 45% increase over the last fiscal year.
10 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Wind energy developer Wind Capital Group has closed US$240 million financing for the Lost Creek Wind Project in DeKalb County, Missouri, USA.
10 November 2009Kari Larsen
The United States could net 4.5 million new jobs in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors by 2030 if it addresses climate change, according to
10 November 2009Bill Eggertson
The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics, AVK, presented its awards for outstanding developments in reinforced plastics at the COMPOSITES EUROPE 2009 t
9 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Four offshore wind farm developers have announced their plans for major offshore wind farm developments in the outer Forth and Tay areas outside Scotland.
9 November 2009Kari Larsen
Ashland Performance Materials is joining a consortium of companies and university experts to develop and test three wind turbines off the coast of Maine, U
9 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The strategy outlines an action plan to advance these industries, which are big users of composite materials, in Scotland.
9 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Prepregs from Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG) are being used by Donkervoort Automobielen to build its new D8 GT race car for the 5th Dunlop 24 hour rac
8 November 2009Jane Cotter
The Biotex family of materials based on flax natural fibres was launched at the COMPOSITES EUROPE 2009 trade show in Stuttgart in October.
7 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The COMPOSITES EUROPE 2009 trade show attracted over 6100 visitors to Stuttgart, Germany, on 27-29 October.
6 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The World Future Council proposes the issuing of money by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to finance the global renewable energy transition and the a
6 November 2009Kari Larsen
SeaEnergy and Taiwan Generations Corporation (TGC) have concluded an agreement under which they will undertake the joint development of TGC’s pipeline of o
6 November 2009Kari Larsen
Gurit’s European patent covering the use of its SPRINT product in the manufacture of wind turbine blades and other markets has been upheld by the Technical
6 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Louisiana is now home to the first installation of an Alcan balsa-cored composite bridge deck containing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs).
6 November 2009Jane Cotter
As the use of fibre reinforced plastics (FRP) continues to grow within the power industry, Korean company Hankuk Fiber Glass Co Ltd (HFG) is replacing the
5 November 2009Jane Cotter
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UK Ofgem E-Serve say the EIB is considering provision of over £300 million of funding to investors in high volta
5 November 2009Kari Larsen
Quickstep Holdings has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Systems intended to secure contracts to manufac
5 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Improved productivity and enhanced product performance are reported to be two benefits pultruders have witnessed when using the new Crestapol® 1212 resin f
5 November 2009Jane Cotter
The US wind energy market could reach 8 GW installed in 2009, (including project spill-over from 2008 and new wind build), despite initial fears of a major
5 November 2009Kari Larsen
A survey in Rhode Island shows that 89% have positive opinions on the use of wind turbines to generate electricity, but 50% rate the cost of wind as an imp
5 November 2009Bill Eggertson
The hydropower industry in the United States could add 60 GW of renewable energy to the country’s electricity grid by 2025, while creating 700,000 new jobs
5 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Tooling giant Walther has developed a sintered polycrystalline diamond (PCD) spiral flute drill manufactured by PM specifically for composite materials suc
4 November 2009Richard Felton
Parmatech-Proform Corporation, a subsidiary of metal components specialist ATW Companies Inc has acquired the metal injection moulding (MIM) business of Mo
4 November 2009
Fifty companies and organisations in the United States purchase 12.5 TWh a year of green power.
4 November 2009Bill Eggertson
New Hampshire-based Centorr Vacuum Industries (CVI) has received orders for two high-temperature sintering furnaces for 2009-2010 delivery from customers i
4 November 2009Richard Felton
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published Guidance on Chemical Safety Assessment in a Nutshell.
4 November 2009Richard Felton
Four of the top publicly-traded clean tech employers in the United States are renewable energy companies from abroad.
4 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Buenos Aires based sheet moulding compound (SMC) parts manufacturer Pilot Automotive Srl has increased its supply of parts to the Ford Motor Company with t
4 November 2009Jane Cotter
Resin supplier Reichhold has opened a resin manufacturing facility at Ranjangaon, in Pune, India.
4 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Composite materials producer Gurit reports sales of CHF238.9 million for its target markets for the first nine months of 2009 (at constant currency transla
4 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Polygon has pushed the boundaries for the design of pneumatic actuators by creating a completely non-metallic cylinder assembly.
4 November 2009Jane Cotter
Installation of renewable energy solutions such as solar electric panels and solar film are prominent among 37 projects funded by the Australian Department
4 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Risø DTU has produced a detailed map of the wind resources in South Africa showing the best locations for wind turbines and is a prerequisite for funding w
3 November 2009Kari Larsen
Comprehensive clean renewable energy and climate policies would create jobs, increase consumers’ income and strengthen the economy, according to a study co
3 November 2009Bill Eggertson
The following five stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website during the month of October.
3 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Ocean Power Technologies has completed trials of its Underwater Substation Pod (USP) product in Spain, which is designed to facilitate the collection, netw
3 November 2009Kari Larsen
During the COMPOSITES EUROPE 2009 trade fair, the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) introduced several EU-financed projects on sustainable c
3 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Gibson Fiberglass has announced a price increase for glass fibre direct and multi-end roving products, chopped strand, chopped strand mat, woven roving, an
3 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The US Department of Treasury has allocated US$2.2 billion in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREB) as part of the Obama administration's efforts to spur pro
3 November 2009Bill Eggertson
Targets for renewable energy in Britain and the government’s carbon budgets could be missed, under one of the scenarios for future energy supply envisaged
3 November 2009Bill Eggertson
SAMPE's Fall Technical Conference and Exhibition 2009 in Wichita, Kansas, USA, on 19-22 October, attracted over 1350 visitors and more than 120 exhibitors.
2 November 2009Amanda Jacob
Composites tooling manufacturer Janicki Industries has launched a new website to better serve its markets, which now the alternative energy sector.
2 November 2009Amanda Jacob
For its pioneering work in the area of natural fibre reinforced plastics, the BioConcept Car project of Four Motors GmbH was presented with the COMPOSITES
2 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The EU database on renewable energy legislation, www.res-legal.eu, providing information for all 27 EU countries is now complete.
2 November 2009Kari Larsen
Spirit AeroSystems Inc has officially opened its aerospace manufacturing and design facility in Subang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1 November 2009Amanda Jacob
The Sherwin-Williams Company and Wagner Systems, Inc., have formed an agreement designed to expand the relationship between the two companies, enabling pro
1 November 2009Metal Finishing
The 3rd quarter provided a mixed bag for several of the industry’s leading coating suppliers and chemical manufacturers. Preliminary numbers showed some ar
1 November 2009Metal Finishing
Fanta Equipment, a leading fabricator of metal finishing equipment in North America, has launched a new website featuring its Fanta, Napco, and Udylite bra
1 November 2009Metal Finishing
U.S. gross domestic product, or GDP, grew 3.5% in the third quarter, according to a newly released report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, or BEA. The
1 November 2009Metal Finishing