Vestas Wind Systems has received a wind turbine order from Parco Eolico Ordona, an Italian subsidiary of Inergia. Under the terms of the agreement, Vestas will deliver and install 13 units of its V90 2MW wind turbine and its VestasOnline Business supervisory control and data acquisition system. Vestas will also provide a 5-year service and availability agreement on the turbines.
The turbines will be used to create a wind power plant near the Italian town … Read the rest
Vestas Wind Systems has announced it will invest $350 million in its Tianjin, China subsidiary. This investment will position the company to meet China’s increasing hunger for wind energy. Vestas has received several large orders from China in the past month and in the past year. As CleanTech Group LLC notes, investing in its Chinese subsidiary is smart because China is such an important and growing market for wind power:
… Read the restChina is a significant market
With the Obama administration just weeks away from move in day, there are quite a few articles out there being written about ways to play the coming infrastructure and green energy boom. Much has been made of Obama’s plan to decrease our dependence on foreign oil and to a lesser degree, plans to spend big on infrastructure. Certainly infrastructure and green energy will be two big themes over the next 4 years and possibly beyond, … Read the rest
In an article over at Kiplingers, Laura Cohn discusses some renewable energy plays that could begin running again due to Obama’s clean energy policies, which include deriving 10% of electricity from renewable energy sources within just the next few years.
– Vestas Wind Systems (VWSYF.PK)
The Danish company trades on the pink sheets and is the world’s leading supplier of wind turbines with a market share of 23%
– First Solar (FSLR)… Read the rest