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RAIL
Trade Commission of Spain’s Question and Answer Session with Rick Harnish, Executive Director of the Midwest High-speed Rail Association
Rick Harnish, spokesman and executive director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association, says high-speed rail is one of the key infrastructure areas that should be included in President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan if the country wants to advance. The Midwest High Speed Rail Association organized a trip to Spain in January 2009, a country Harnish believes could inspire
high-speed projects in the Midwest. More...
RENEWABLE ENERGY
President Obama Declares Spain to Be an Example in Renewable Energy
President Barack Obama intends to work for America’s energy independence and stop global warming. His cabinet is planning to boost renewable energy as part of the recipe to achieve these goals. In a speech in a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Ohio on January 16, President Obama described his vision of a more energy efficient U.S. More...
Iberdrola Renewables Proactive in U.S. Investment Action in 2008
It was a very active year for Iberdrola Renewables in terms of wind power plant construction. Iberdrola invested $1.4 billion in wind power in the first nine months of 2008, the company stated in a press release. The 780 megawatts (MW) of total capacity in the U.S. was 56 percent of all new wind capacity installed by the company in 2008. More...
Abengoa Solar Builds Two Thermosolar Plants in the U.S.
Spain-based Abengoa Solar is building two solar power facilities in Arizona and New York that will allow cylinder-parabolic technology to be used to produce steam and consequently heat. This technology uses sunlight not only for electricity production, but also for thermal energy destined to industrial processes. More...
Acciona Builds One of the World’s Largest Wind Power Plants in Mexico
Spain-based Acciona Energy is constructing one of the world’s largest wind power plants in Oaxaca, Mexico. The total 250.5 megawatts (MW) produced by its wind turbines will be provided to the Mexican cement company, Cemex. With an investment of $550 million, the Eurus plant will generate enough power to cover the needs of a city of 500,000 people and will avoid a emission equivalent to 600,000 tons of CO2 per year. More...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Navarre-based Sodena will expand their collaboration agreement
Miguel Sanz, governor in Navarre, a northern Spanish region, led the signing of an agreement between the region’s Public Economic Development Society (Sodena) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the beginning of February. More...
BIOTECHNOLOGY & HEALTHCARE
Spain-based Grifols Opens an Employee Facility in Arizona for Plasmapheresis Studies
The global healthcare company Grifols, based in Barcelona, Spain, is a world leader in plasma therapies. Grifols opened its first academy in the U.S. on January 28, 2009 in Glendale, Arizona. The academy, an 8,500 square foot facility, is adjacent to a fully operational plasma donor facility, and will serve as the company’s central location for advanced employee education, training and career development. More...
Spanish Scientist Joan Massagué Awarded for His Research in Finding a Cure for Cancer
One of the main healthcare concerns in developed countries is cancer. Joan Massagué is a scientist who decided to face the challenge of finding a cure. He is one of the most prestigious researchers in the field as well as Spain’s most internationally cited working scientist. More...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Ferrovial Studies the Possibility of Merge with Cintra
Two Spain-based business leaders, Ferrovial and Cintra, may merge to increase their international success. The infrastructure construction and management company, Ferrovial, best known for its work in international airports such as Heathrow, expressed its intention in January 2009 of acquiring a larger share of the toll-road firm Cintra. More...
Two Spanish Conglomerates Express Interest in Pennsylvania Highway Concession
Spanish-American conglomerate Global Via Infrastructuras and a joint venture between
Spain-based ACS Infrastructure Development and Dragados are among the three groups that have expressed interest in public private partnerships (PPP) with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for two projects on the southern beltway and the northern portion of the
Mon Fayette Expressway. More...
Spain-based Isolux Corsán is Awarded a $350 Million Concession in Texas
The Spain-based construction corporation Isolux Corsán will be in charge of designing, constructing and maintaining a new seven-line high tension electric network in Texas for the next 40 years, a project with an estimated budget of $450 million. More...
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