Areva Acquires PN Rotor
Areva, a nuclear energy company based in France, just entered into a contract to purchase PN Rotor, an offshore wind turbine manufacturer based in Germany. The monetary amount remains unreleased by the Prokon Nord Energiesysteme who sold the company to Areva. Areva purchased the company with the aim to expand their
by Jenson Brayshaw August 13th, 2009
Vestas Announces Closure of Two Facilities in UK
After regaining control of their Isle of Wight plant at the end of an 18 day sit-in, Vestas has announced that two of their wind turbine plants will be closing. The closures will result in the termination of 425 jobs. The ...
by Lynnette Adamson August 13th, 2009
South Korean Shipping Company Acquires Wind Turbine Manufacturer
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering announced intentions to undertake the development of new wind power turbines in the United States. Daewoo, based out of South Korea, bought out U.S. wind turbine manufacturer DeWind as an investment in the wind energy ...
by Justin Becks August 12th, 2009
Plans For Wind Farm in Cornwall Put On Hold
Councillors are submitting a proposal for a wind farm to be built on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall to a strategic planning committee with the suggestion that the committee reject it. Community Windpower planned to build 20 turbine wind farm in ...
by Tessa Clarke August 12th, 2009
Sway and Areva Will Tackle New Offshore Wind Farm Technologies
Sway, an offshore wind company based out of Norway, and Areva, an energy company based in Paris, are in talks to work jointly in the floating offshore wind industry to develop new technology. Sway told the press that the two companies would work together to invent new technologies that would
by Tessa Clarke August 11th, 2009
Vestas Sees Increase In Wind Turbine Orders
Vestas UK has made headlines lately for the protests being held at their now closed wind turbine facility on the Isle of Wight. In other news, however, Vestas has just received a product order for the Orites project in Cyprus. The company will provide 41 2 MW wind turbines for
by Beth Williams August 11th, 2009
Sit-In At Vestas Ends Today As Workers Exit the Building
The six remaining Vestas' workers inside the plant ended their sit-in today on a peaceful note leaving the facility voluntarily after being notified by the courts they would be evicted. Two of the men waited until just minutes before bailiffs ...
by Jason Drew August 10th, 2009
BPA Will Hold Wind Forecast Competition
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is sponsoring a contest which will require researchers to come up with the best system to accurately predict changes in regional wind shifts up to 36 hours ahead of time. The contest will consist of ...
by Emma Young August 7th, 2009
Vestas Workers to Be Evicted Tomorrow
Today the court has warned the remaining six workers occupying Vestas wind turbine facility on the Isle of Wight that they will be evicted by court bailiffs tomorrow. The bailiffs dropped by the wind plant today and taped a notice to the building informing the workers that they should vacate
by Jenson Brayshaw August 7th, 2009
Six Workers Remain On At Isle of Wight Facility
Six workers today at Vestas wind facility on the Isle of Wight asked for a national day of action in support of their opposition to the factory closing imminently. The closure of the facility, Britain's only large wind turbine facility, ...
by Tessa Clarke August 6th, 2009
Vestas Will Regain Control of Isle of Wight Plant
Vestas UK won their court appeal today to repossess their wind power plant after it was seized by workers in protest over a week ago. The Newport court judge assigned to the case approved the appeal to have the workers ...
by Justin Becks August 4th, 2009
