They’re Coming to America

At an increasing rate, large-scale renewables plants and installations are appearing in America. Last month we reported on plans for a 280-megawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) plant to be built in Arizona by Abengoa Solar of Spain. And earlier this month, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson helped break ground near Albuquerque for a CSP and PV equipment manufacturing plant to be built by Schott AG of Germany.

image courtesy of Schott Solar 

The activity is not limited to solar. Vestas of Denmark, the world’s leading supplier of wind power solutions, is building a turbine blade plant in Windsor, Colorado. With this activity, it is in the company of such players as Gamesa of Spain (Pennsylvania), Suzlon of India (Minnesota), Siemens of Germany and U.S.-based Clipper (Iowa). And behind this group in the U.S. market are coming companies with names like Acciona, Ecotechnia and Fuhrlander. (more…)