Posted by Ed on September 20, 2007, 12:19 am Seattle wind-energy firm opens Lowell office LOWELL -- A Seattle-based wind-energy consulting firm is opening an Global Energy Concepts, LLC, a private company that specializes in "We wanted access to both airports (Boston and Manchester, N.H.), but Conover said a handful of employees are already here, and that the The news comes just a month after the Massachusetts Technology Warren Leon, director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative's There are several recent examples in Greater Lowell alone. In June, Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc., which specializes in hydrogen fuel- And just last week, Marlboro-based Evergreen Solar Inc. broke ground Conover said Global Energy Concepts, founded in 1994, offers Services also include provided include wind resource assessment, Leon said the economics of wind energy is attractive and competitive, "Windy locations that can use the power on-site are very attractive, Leon's organization is a Global Energy customer. Global Energy has worked on consulting projects in about 16 different It employs a total of 80 people. Conover said Global Energy has been growing its business by at least "We expect to grow at least as much in Lowell," she said.
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By Dan O'Brien, dobrien@lowellsun.com
Lowell Sun
Article Last Updated:09/19/2007 11:56:14 AM EDT
office next month in Lowell's Boott Mills, aiming to take advantage
of East Coast client connections and the area's ample supply of young
engineering graduates.
the analysis, design and testing of wind-energy systems and projects,
will begin with a local work force of 10, said CEO Karen Conover.
affordable rents for both our staff and office," said Conover. "We
also liked the character of Lowell and the university was a factor,
too."
2,600-square-foot office officially opens on Oct. 15.
Collaborative released a "census" of clean energy companies in
Massachusetts. It found that renewable energy was about to overtake
textiles as the state's 10th-largest industry.
Renewable Energy Trust, said Global Energy's decision to come to
Lowell represents "another piece of evidence that Massachusetts is
attractive for renewable energy companies."
cell technology, moved from Cambridge to a new 110,000-square-foot
facility on Concord Road in Billerica. It eventually expects to
employ 350 people there.
on a $165 million manufacturing plant in Devens that's expected to be
complete next summer.
engineering and financial consulting to wind-energy developers and
investors, as well as international and domestic governments,
utilities, banks and insurance companies.
feasibility studies, and technical evaluation of planned wind power
plants. Conover said there are Massachusetts communities,
particularly in the western part of the state, that are in
the "feasibility stage" of considering wind power.
but it's not appropriate for all locations.
economically, but wind varies tremendously," he said. "The other
challenge is finding locations where the public is willing to accept
it."
countries, including China, India, Mexico, Canada and Australia.
30 percent a year during the past five years, although she declined
to give a recent annual revenue figure.
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