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
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.
Survey Shows That Legislation Is Not A Prerequisite For Climate Action
Politico : March 02 2010
NTR plc, the international renewable energy group: ‘Fortune 500 Survey Shows that Legislation is Not a Prerequisite for Climate Action, and Business Should Take a Greater Role in the Climate Policy Debate’:
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.
Wind Capital Group To Install About 150 MW, Start New Project
Dow Jones Financial Information Services : January 06 2010
Wind Capital Group plans to install 150 megawatts of its current wind project and start construction of a new one in 2010, as it switches to a model of owning projects as opposed to developing and selling them off, according to the company’s president.
NTR to Outline Cash Event for Investors in 2010
Sunday Business Post : January 03 2010
Renewable energy company NTR is to outline to shareholders how and when they will be able to turn their investment in the company into cash. Speaking to The Sunday Business Post, chief executive Jim Barry said shareholders were suffering from the lack of liquidity in the stock.