NTR In The News
NTR plc Group features regularly in print, online and broadcast media, both in Europe and North America. We have selected some recent items that highlight what the world is saying about the Group and our businesses.
In The News
Ethanol Making Comeback As Valero Sees Profit Where Gates Lost
Bloomberg : March 08 2010
Ethanol, the commodity that cost Bill Gates more than $44 million the last time prices collapsed, is poised to rally as much as 20 percent as the fastest drop since 2008 spurs demand.
NTR Launches Foundation To Tackle Climate Change
The Irish Times : March 05 2010
Irish Renewable energy group NTR yesterday launched a not-for-profit foundation that will provide funding and other support for climate change initiatives around the world. Former US president Bill Clinton gave his support to the initiative at a launch in New York yesterday and urged the 120 executives and local dignitaries who attended to seize the economic opportunities provided by climate change initiatives as a way of stimulating growth and saving the planet.
Clinton Backs NTR's Environment Foundation
Irish Independent : March 05 2010
Ireland’s first ever environmental foundation set up by a private company got a high level and passionate endorsement yesterday from former US president Bill Clinton at a ceremony in New York. Mr Clinton, a major campaigner on climate change, told guests of NTR Plc, which is setting up the foundation, that only economic arguments will ultimately win the day on the climate change debate. He was speaking at the University Club in Manhattan.
Bill Clinton's Green Jobs Plan
Forbes : March 04 2010
Former President Bill Clinton told a collection of green business executives at a lunchtime speech today that in order to get some momentum behind changing the nation’s energy portfolio, business leaders need to prove to elected officials and voters that going green will create jobs and improve the economy. “Defend the science, but argue the economics,” he said. “It’s up to you to prove the economics.”
Businesses Want More Guidelines On Green Issues
The Irish Times : March 03 2010
About 50 per cent of America’s top business leaders believe a lack of clarity on climate legislation is negatively impacting upon the ability of the US to compete in the global market. This is the key finding to emerge from a survey of Fortune 500 senior executives undertaken by Irish renewable energy group NTR, which has established a foundation to support climate change initiatives.
Ethanol Producers Rise Sharply
The Wall Street Journal : February 22 2010
Shares of ethanol producers rose sharply after one of the larger producers, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., reported a bullish fourth quarter and said industry trends looked positive for 2010. Green Plains shares shot up 17% to $16.61 in recent trading, after earlier rising to $16.79, the highest the stock has traded since September 2007. More than a million shares had changed hands roughly midway through the trading day, more than 10 times the typical volume for the stock.
Green Plains Soars On Profit From More Ethanol Sales
Bloomberg Business Week : February 22 2010
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. ethanol producer, surged after reporting a fourth-quarter profit of $23.1 million as sales more than doubled. Green Plains advanced $2.85, or 20 percent, to $16.99 in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading, the highest price since Sept. 4, 2007. The shares have risen from $1.55 a year ago.
In Detroit, Is There Life After the Big 3?
The New York Times : February 14 2010
CRUISE the blighted streets that shoot off in either direction from 8 Mile Road, and the scars of the automotive crisis abound. “For sale” signs adorn the front of long-shuttered metal, paint and tool-and-die shops. And at factories still in business, the small number of cars in the parking lots testify that the shops are working below capacity.
Everybody's Watching
RenewablesBiz Daily : February 02 2010
Suncatchers are producing electricity at a plant in Arizona in the first commercial-scale project for the concentrating solar power technology.
Diverse Interests Across The Sea
Irish Times Business Magazine : January 08 2010
HAVING BECOME something of a conglomerate with diverse interests in waste management, recycling and wind energy - as well as broadband, water, wastewater and roads, NTR’s most innovative streak is to be found in its biofuel and solar power businesses.