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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 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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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...
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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On February 20, Miami spoke Spanglish more than ever. Around 100 companies from the U.S. and Spain, as well as investment promotion institutions from Florida, met at a special event organized by the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX) and the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Miami, along with the Main Council of Spanish Chambers of Commerce, the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), Enterprise Florida, the Spain-Florida Foundation and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Florida. More...
A large delegation of Spain-based pharmaceutical and fine chemical companies, under the umbrella of the industry’s association, Afaquim, will participate in DCAT Week’s 2009 conference. This annual meeting is hosted by the American Drug,
Chemical and Associated Technologies Association. More...
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