Vestas is a global energy company dedicated to wind energy, operating in 76 countries around the world in fields of development, manufacturing, and sales, and service of wind turbines. Vestas employs 21,000 people globally and is the largest wind turbine company in the world. Vestas has installed 59,909 wind turbines on six continents, which generate more than 205 million MWh of electricity per year (e.g. the supply of almost 120...
According to the 2016 Annual Report, NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) is one of the largest clean energy companies, with consolidated revenues of approximately $16.2 billion, approximately 45,900 megawatts of generating capacity and approximately 14,700 employees in 30 states and Canada as of year-end 2016. Through its subsidiary NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NEER), is the largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun in the...
Being Canada’s leading integrated energy company, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta (Canada), Suncor focuses on developing one of the world’s largest petroleum resource basins – Canada’s Athabasca oil sands, specializing in the production of synthetic crude from oil sands. In addition, Suncor explores for, acquires, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas in Canada and internationally, as well as transporting...
Air Liquide S.A. is a French multinational company which delivers industrial gases and services to medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. The Company operates in over 80 countries with approximately 65,000 employees and more than 3.5 million customers, is the world's largest supplier of industrial gases by revenues and the world leader in technologies and services for industry and health. The Company targets its R&D efforts to...
Nordex is a German company that designs, sells and manufactures wind turbines. The company's headquarters is located in the German city of Rostock while management is located in Hamburg. In 1995 Nordex was the first company to mass-produce a 1 MW turbine. In 2016 the history of Nordex was marked by the takeover of Acciona Windpower [1] (AWP), a significant transaction that expanded its sales territory and...
Enel is an Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas and was first established as a public company in 1962. In 1999 Enel was privatized following the liberalization of the electricity market in Italy. Nowadays, the Italian government is the owner of 25.5% of the company's shares. Enel employs about 62,000 people and operates in about 30 countries. 2016 was a very positive year for Enel. The Company ended...
Velocys is a renewable fuels company with its leading position in connecting low value feedstock, such as natural gas, landfill gas or biomass, with markets for premium products, such as renewable diesel, jet fuel and waxes. Velocys is an expert in converting natural gas into liquid fuels and other products. Velocys enables the production of renewable jet fuel and diesel from forestry by-products. Velocys produces renewable fuels and...
The ACCIONA GROUP of companies operates in several sectors of economic activity, which are: Acciona Energy, Acciona Infrastructure Construction, Acciona Water, Acciona Service and Acciona Other activities. ACCIONA Energy is a global operator in renewable energies, the largest in the world in terms of clean energies not linked to conventional electric power generation companies, which produces emission-free clean energy for more than...
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is a pioneer in renewable wave-energy technology that converts ocean wave energy into electricity. The Company's proprietary Power Buoy System undergoes periodic full-scale ocean performance validation and integrates patented technologies in hydrodynamics, electronics, energy conversion, and computer control systems to extract the natural energy in ocean waves and to turn wave power into reliable, clean,...
Ormat Technologies is a leading geothermal company, established in 1965 in Israel and based in Reno (Nevada); its objective is to become a leading global provider of renewable energy. The Company designs, builds, owns and operates geothermal power plants around the world. According to the 2016 Company´s Annual Report Ormat has installed over 2,200 MW of gross geothermal capacity worldwide as of December 2016. It has nearly 1,200...
