Wednesday, August 25

Wind Power Companies Downsizing

Moventas, a major producer of turbines for wind power stations, is cutting staff. The company plans to reduce personnel because of the impact of slow market recovery from the global financial crisis.
At present Moventas employs around 600 people at its plant in Jyväskylä. Its plans call for slashing 150 work/years at the facility. Just two weeks ago, another wind power company, Winwind, dismissed 23 employees in Oulu.
Moventas will keep R&D operations and production of key components in Jyväskylä. However, some assembly and testing will be shifted closer to its major customers in North America and Asia.
The company is one of the world's leading producers of gears for use in wind turbines. Its volume of business last year was around 237 million euros. Worldwide, Moventas employs some 1200 people in eight countries.

Monday, August 16

Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project in Nepal

Dam site at Lamabagar
Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Limited (UTKHPL) is a subsidiary company of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for survey, design, construction, operation and management of 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project (UTKHEP) including selling of generated power to the grid operator by utilizing national financial and technical resources. The Company has also aimed to develop other hydropower projects in the country. The Company is registered in Company Registrar Office in March 2007 (2063/11/25 B.S.). Before start of the day-to-day operation of the Company, Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project was managed by NEA.

Thursday, August 5

Solar boat launch sets Mediterranean conservation campaign

A catamaran powered exclusively by the sun cast off from Spain’s southeastern coast, starting a journey that is completely free of fossil fuels.

The tired and tested catamaran, the 46ft WWF Solar, which set off on July 14, is part of WWF Spain’s new ‘Embárcate’ (Get on Board) campaign to promote the use of the renewable energies and the conservation of marine ecosystems.