BIOTECHNOLOGY & HEALTHCARE
Surgeons at the Hospital La Fe in the eastern Mediterranean city of Valencia, have successfully completed Spain's first face transplant operation. The complex surgery took 15 hours, was led by the noted surgeon Pedro Cavadas and involved a team of more than 30 people. This successful surgery completes the eighth such operation to have been performed in the world. More...
Spanish biotech firms Biotecnol and Digna Biotech have entered into an exclusive license and option agreement with Genentech a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Genentech grants the Spanish firm rights of using patents Genentech owns and controls to develop and commercialize Cardiotrophin-1 Proteins for potential use in certain liver indications. More...
Nature, the internationally prestigious magazine, has recently published an online list of the five relevant international medical investigations with stem cells, in an article titled "Stem Cells: The Promises and Perils of p53." Three of the projects are being carried out by Spanish Labs. More... |
Clairvoyant Energy, a Spain-based rooftop solar panel manufacturer and developer, will partner with Xtreme Power, a Texas-based energy storage manufacturer, to buy Ford's Wixom Assembly Plant, which closed in 2007, in Michigan. The project would have a $725 million starting budget. More...
 Iberdrola Renewables Receives Grant for Green Projects
Iberdrola Renewables, a world leader in renewable power sources, was recently granted nearly $300 million for five wind-power projects in four different states. Two of the largest individual projects granted funding included the Peņascal Wind Farm in Sarita, Texas, and the Locust Ridge II Wind Farm in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. More...
Xcel Energy and Abengoa Solar Build Integrated Solar Thermal Plant
Abengoa Solar, a green energy company based in Colorado, has partnered with Xcel Energy, a U.S. company, to build an experimental parabolic trough concentrating solar power plant at a coal plant near Grand Junction, Colorado. The project is one of the first to integrate an industrial solar installation into a conventional electrical power plant. More...
Mecasolar, a Spain-based solar tracker and panel manufacturer, is building a production plant in San Francisco, California. The new facility will be used to manufacture 1 and 2-axis solar trackers, and will be running at full capacity in the first quarter of 2010. Mecasolar, which currently has a sales office in San Francisco, presented their new Fixed Structures product at the Intersolar 2009 trade show. More...
Because of official support for renewable energy, Spain is steadily becoming an innovative and sustainable economy, with green jobs increasing year by yearly. According to studies done by Spain-based companies, Acciona and Iberdrola, by 2030 more than 600,000 new jobs related to renewable power sources will exist. More...
Maine and Montana Governors Experience Wind Technology in Spain
Maine Governor John Elias Baldacci visited Zaragoza, a northern city of Spain from September 22 to 24, along with a group of business executives from the state. Their objectives were to obtain first-hand knowledge about the Spanish wind power system, exchange information and experience and build business relationships. More... |
HIGH-SPEED RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE
A panel of rail executives including representatives from Talgo, HNTB, OHL, the Midwest HSR Association and the Trade Commission of Spain in Chicago will join together for a complimentary live Webinar on November 10, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The panelists will discuss the similarities and differences of HSR projects in Spain, the U.S. and around the world. More...
Telvent Brings First Open Road Tolling System to New HampshireThe New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) awarded Telvent, the Spain-based IT company, a $1.5 million valued contract to implement an Open Road Tolling (ORT) system at the Hampton Mainline Toll Plaza in New Hampshire. Telvent will implement a dedicated two-by-two lane ORT system in one of New Hampshire's busiest toll plazas located on Interstate 95. More...
Cintra Led Consortium to Execute New Corridor in Dallas
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials executed a comprehensive development agreement (CDA) with the LBJ Infrastructure Group, led by the Spain-based infrastructure corporation, Cintra, to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain the 13-mile LBJ-635 corridor in Dallas County. More... |
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