All Posts Tagged With: "Vestas Wind Systems"
Vestas Building On-Site Turbine to Showcase Technology
The turbine will serve as a show model for the Danish manufacturer because it is finding that potential U.S. buyers of wind turbines are more likely than their European counterparts to request site visits and the latest testing data.
10Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Windsor Plant Gets First U.S. Order since 2008
The facility has been essentially idle since December when it halted production to enable retraining of employees on new manufacturing technology. That production stoppage is expected to run through this month. Vestas will build 33 wind turbines for the Granite Reliable Power Windpark in New Hampshire.
11Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Tax Credit Scoreboard for Colorado Cleantech Companies
The tax credits are going to a pair of Vestas plants in Brighton and Pueblo; Hexcel Corp. in Windsor; Abound Solar in Longmont, Advanced Energy Industries in Fort Collins; Denver-based Coolerado Corporation and ReflecTech in Arvada.
15Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Furloughing 500 Workers at Windsor Plant
The company’s Chief Executive Ditlev Engel indicated back in October there would be a slowing in his company’s U.S. job growth because of the weak market here. Late yesterday Vestas said the furloughed workers would still be paid and retrained on other tasks, but turbine blade production is being put on hold.
8Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
German Solar Company Building
Denver Plant
“We see a huge market coming in the U.S.,” said Pierre-Pascal Urbon, the company’s chief financial officer. The new facility will be located on Havana Street in the Stapleton area, and the company said it expects to employ about 300 full-time workers once production ramps up.
27Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Pike Research Reports on U.S. Wind Turbine Growth
Power generated by wind in this country crossed the 25 GW mark last year with an addition of more than 8 GW from 2007 — the largest individual increase of any country in the world.
12Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wind Energy Business Coming to Colorado
Colorado’s “business-friendly environment, skilled workforce, and dedication to economic development and business assistance,” were the key factors in the decision to locate to the state, according to Bach’s CEO, Geert Skovsgaard.
20Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Backs Its $1 Billion Worth of Wind Projects in Colorado
The Windsor plant was originally slated to have 450 employees but will have 650 by next year, according to the company. The global recession and credit crunch have hobbled Vestas … But leading the way in sales in the first six months was the U.S.
2Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Vestas Closes British Wind Plant, Expands to Colorado
Vestas will move its operation to Colorado because the U.S. market is much bigger and more vibrant – and will go head to head with General Electric and Mitsubishi to take advantage of Barack Obama’s program to subsidize wind farms as well as state-based utility clean energy mandates.
31Jul2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Wind Turbine Manufacturers Say Lower Renewable Standards will Hurt Investment
Significantly lower renewable targets” unveiled this week as part of a House climate-change bill “will severely blunt the signal” for billions of dollars in investment to expand production in the U.S., the executives said in a letter to Congress.
19May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Vestas Breaks Ground in Brighton
The two facilities include a wind turbine blade manufacturing process which will employ roughly 650 people, and a nacelle assembly plant with 700 employees, according to the Danish company. Both are expected to be operational in 2010.
25Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Hundreds Swarm Vestas Job Fair in Pueblo
Clearly the current high rate of unemployment and layoffs in other sectors contributed to the turnout. It’s more than that, however. Saturday’s crowds reflect the growing belief in renewable energy as an “industry of the future” for Colorado and the anticipated employment it will create.
15Mar2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Vestas May Be Cutting Jobs and Spending in Colorado
A perennial presence in recent job fairs around the state, Vestas is holding the line on hiring. “We have slowed down all our hiring in the U.S., including Colorado,” said the company’s Vice President of government relations.
12Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Study Says State “Green Collar” Jobs Accelerating Fast
The ASES Report claims the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries provided more than 91,000 jobs in Colorado in 2007. State Republicans are skeptical about its definition of green jobs –can we say furnace repairman?
17Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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