Areva Acquires Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturer
Areva, a technology company based in France, just acquired PN Rotor GmbH, a wind turbine manufacturer based in Germany. The German company mainly manufactures offshore wind turbine blades for widespread commercial use. The high performance blade manufacturer was sold to Areva ...
by Emma Young August 20th, 2009
Vestas Will Relocate to U.S., China, and Spain
Vestas UK, the same wind turbine manufacture that has recently made headlines for closing its factory on the Isle of Wight, has announced that they have hired more than 5,000 workers for new projects in China, Spain, and the U.S. The ...
by Emma Young August 19th, 2009
Catch the Wind’s Vindicator LWS to Be Part of Research Project
Catch the Wind Ltd. recently entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement in a joint contract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Catch the Wind has agreed in the contract to provide a test unit of the Vindicator ...
by Justin Becks August 18th, 2009
Nordex USA Supplies Turbines For Largest U.S. Wind Farm
Nordex USA, Inc. is set to be the supplier for America's largest wind farm on record. The farm was developed for EverPower Wind Holdings Inc. The farm houses twenty-five of Nordex's 2.5 MW wind turbines which run at a highspeed. ...
by Justin Becks August 17th, 2009
SkyPower Corp. Loses Major Source of Funding As Lehman Goes Bankrupt
SkyPower Corp., a wind and solar company based out of Toronto, has been forced to file for court protection to abate creditors after the company for the large amounts of debt they have accrued. The company, which is over $250 million in debt, has backed out of paying $214 million
by Lynnette Adamson August 17th, 2009
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
