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Suzlon - Positioned for growth in ‘BRICs’ and offshore wind

First published in Quoted Cleantech, july 2011. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2011

by Anne McIvor

Suzlon, an Indian wind turbine manufacturer which was created in 1995, ranks today as a world leader. The company has grown organically, financing project development as well as supplying turbines for markets including its domestic Indian market. Over recent years, Suzlon has expanded far beyond its roots in India – partly through organic growth but also through acquisition. Notable acquisitions have included Hansen Transmissions, the gearbox manufacturer, and REpower, the German turbine manufacturer which is a leading offshore turbine producer.

GTL Resources - Highly cash generative and outperforming its peers

First published in Quoted Cleantech, july 2011. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2011

by Andrew Hore

Ethanol producer GTL Resources is outperforming its peers. The business, which is generating large amounts of cash, is well placed to move into new markets for its products as well as to acquire additional plants.

Although its profits were hit by higher raw material costs last year, GTL is still highly cash generative. Revenues grew from $216.6 million to $261.4 million in the year to March 2011, while production rose 9% to 111 million gallons and the ethanol yield improved.

Canadian Solar - Ontario company among China’s fastest growing solar firms

First published in the Quoted Cleantech newsletter, April 2011. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2011

Canada is home to several firms that supply products and services to the solar energy market. Ontario in particular has proved an excellent place to set up solar technology businesses in recent years thanks to that state’s feed-in tariff programme.

SeaEnergy

First published in the Quoted Cleantech newsletter, January 2011. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2011

Focus on offshore services

by Jon Mainwaring

Since we first profiled SeaEnergy in March 2010, the company has undergone a change in its strategic focus. In January last year, shares in the firm received a significant boost thanks to the positive sentiment generated after the firm and its partner EDP Renováveis won acreage off the coast of Scotland from the UK’s Crown Estate to develop offshore wind farms with a capacity of approximately 1.3GW (since increased to 1.5GW).

ARISE Technologies: Striving for vertical integration

First published in the Quoted Cleantech Newsletter December 2010. Copyright Cleantech Investor Ltd 2010

Canada’s ARISE Technologies Corporation is an Ontario-based firm focused on the development of proprietary technologies for the manufacture of high-efficiency photovoltaic cells and the production of low-cost, high-purity silicon for PV applications. ARISE also supplies turnkey PV solar energy systems for solar farms and rooftop installations (its original business).

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Suzlon - Positioned for growth in ‘BRICs’ and offshore wind

by Anne McIvor

GTL Resources - Highly cash generative and outperforming its peers

by Andrew Hore

Canadian Solar - Ontario company among China’s fastest growing solar firms

SeaEnergy

Focus on offshore services

by Jon Mainwaring

ARISE Technologies: Striving for vertical integration

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