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 Makes A Comeback
Forbes Magazine : April 22 2010
That bountiful corn crop is going to turn into profits for Green Plains Renewable and others. One of the hit songs from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! describes corn that is “as high as an elephant’s eye.” It’s not a bad image for the 2009 corn harvest, 13.1 billion bushels plucked off 86 million acres. This was not entirely a blessing for farmers, since bumper crops come with depressed prices. But it was good news for the beleaguered ethanol industry.
Extending Its Reach
Renewablesbiz : April 06 2010
The last time I caught up with Stirling Energy Systems, it was supplying its sister company with materials for its concentrating solar power project [3]in the Arizona desert. Now it’s gone outside its corporate umbrella to join forces with one of the most recognizable names in aerospace.
850MW Tessera/Stirling Project Gets First Regulatory Thumbs Up
Bloomberg New Energy Finance : April 01 2010
Tessera Solar and Stirling Energy Systems’ proposed 850MW Calico solar thermal electrical generation project in southern California has cleared an early regulatory hurdle after receiving a generally positive review from state officials.
NTR Firm Wins Boeing Solar Contract
BusinessWorld.ie : March 31 2010
Irish-based renewable energy group, NTR, today said that one of its companies has won a major contract with Boeing to develop new solar power technology. Stirling Energy Systems (SES), in which NTR has a controlling stake, and the Boeing Company have formed a strategic partnership to complete the commercialisation and deployment of Boeing’s XR700 high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power technology.
NTR Secures Boeing Solar Power Deal
InsideIreland.ie : March 31 2010
NTR has announced that its Stirling Energy Systems (SES) subsidiary and Boeing have formed a strategic partnership to complete the commercialization and deployment of Boeing’s XR700 high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power technology.
Boeing Licenses HCPV Technology To Stirling Energy Systems
New Energy Finance : March 31 2010
Aerospace and defence giant Boeing has licensed its high-concentration PV technology to engine-based solar systems developer Stirling Energy Systems. Under the deal, SES acquired the exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and deploy Boeing’s XR700 HCPV technology globally. Tessera Solar, SES’ project development affiliate, will be responsible for development, construction and operation of solar power projects using the XR700.
Solar Patent King Boeing Teams Up With Stirling Energy Systems
Earth2Tech.com : March 30 2010
A little known fact about Boeing: It’s got more solar patents than anyone else in the U.S. (14 solar thermal patents since 2002 as of January, according to cleantech patent tracking law firm Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti). So sooner or later the defense contractor would want to commercialize ‘em. This morning Boeing says it has teamed up with solar thermal company Stirling Energy Systems to develop Boeing’s high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power technology.
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.