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==== Identify what companies are the “Microsofts” of the field and what companies are the “IBMs” of the field ====  
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{| border=1 class="prettytable"
| '''Wind Companies
| '''2006 Revenue ($m)'''
| '''Headquarters'''
| '''Primary Outputs'''
| '''Instances of Commons-based approaches'''
|-
| Vestas
| <div align="center">?</div>
| Randers, Denmark
| development, manufacturing, marketing and maintenance of wind power systems.
| ?
|-
| Clipper Windpower
| <div align="center">?</div>
| London, England
| turbine manufacturing and wind project development company
| ?
|-
| GE Energy
| <div align="center">?</div>
| Atlanta, GA
| Wind turbine suppliers. Over 10,000 worldwide wind turbine installations.
| ?
|-
| Suzlon
| <div align="center">?</div>
| Randers, Denmark (moving to Aarhus, Denmark)
| supplier of wind turbines
| ?
|-
| Gamesa
| <div align="center">?</div>
| Navarra, Spain
| The company participates in"promotion, construction and sale of solar and wind farms; engineering, design, manufacture and sale of wind generators; energy solutions"
| ?
|}


== Background for Questions: ==
== Background for Questions: ==
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"The Blue Concept;" Sea testing in Norwegian Strait of Kvalsundet, Norway
"The Blue Concept;" Sea testing in Norwegian Strait of Kvalsundet, Norway


 
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What are the 10 biggest for-profit companies in this field?

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How is the market distributed?

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Where are they located? Are there any incentives for specific locations?

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Correlate them with their main outputs (Data. Narratives. Tools)

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Understand and identify cases where these companies are “experimenting” or “adopting” commons-based approaches

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Identify these cases and treat them as entities that will also be placed in our mapping*device (the quadrants)

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Identify what companies are the “Microsofts” of the field and what companies are the “IBMs” of the field

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Wind Companies 2006 Revenue ($m) Headquarters Primary Outputs Instances of Commons-based approaches
Vestas
?
 Randers, Denmark development, manufacturing, marketing and maintenance of wind power systems. ?
Clipper Windpower
?
 London, England turbine manufacturing and wind project development company ?
GE Energy
?
 Atlanta, GA Wind turbine suppliers. Over 10,000 worldwide wind turbine installations. ?
Suzlon
?
 Randers, Denmark (moving to Aarhus, Denmark) supplier of wind turbines ?
Gamesa
?
 Navarra, Spain The company participates in"promotion, construction and sale of solar and wind farms; engineering, design, manufacture and sale of wind generators; energy solutions" ?


Background for Questions:

Alternative Energy Market Information

Title: Clean Tech LLC (San Francisco, CA)


Wind

Market Information

Leading Companies

Vestas (Denmark)

Clipper Windpower (headquarters in the US but listed on the London Stock Exchange)

GE Energy (Atlanta, GA)

Suzlon (international, location in Chicago, IL for marketing only)

Gamesa (Navarra, Spain)

Annual Report: http://www.gamesacorp.com/files/File/MemoriaAnual2007_en.pdf

Developers

Blue Water Wind (Hoboken, NJ)

National Wind (Minneapolis, MN)


Solar

Market Information

Leading Companies

SunPower

designs, manufactures and markets high-performance solar electric power technologies 15 years of research and development
solar cells and solar panels are manufactured using proprietary processes
IP Strategy:
"We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and contractual protections to establish and protect our proprietary rights.‚" Form 10-K Annual Report 2008
"Although we apply for patents to protect our technology, our revenue is not dependent on any particular patent we own.‚"

First Solar (Tempe, AZ)

"We design and manufacture solar modules using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technology‚" 2009 10K proprietary production process
"We rely primarily on a combination of patents, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as employee and third party confidentiality agreements, to safeguard our intellectual property.‚" 2009 10K

  • US Patents
    • 23 patents
    • 37 patent applications pending
  • Foreign Patents
    • 17 patents
    • 70 patent applications pending

SunTech

Evergreen Solar

"Develop, manufacture and market solar panels utilizing our proprietary String Ribbontm technology‚"

  • Patents
    • 22 U.S. patents,
    • 7 Indian
    • 6 European
  • Pending Patents
    • 20 U.S. patent applications
    • 26 foreign patent applications

Applied Materials


Tidal

Market Information

Tidal energy extraction: renewable, sustainable and predictable
Table 1. Tidal energy extraction device overview (includes the companies associated with each technology)
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2834/is_1_91/ai_n29429525/pg_16


Leading Companies

Verdant Power (US)

  • Home page: http://verdantpower.com/
  • Address:
    • 888 Main Street
    • The Octagon
    • Suite 1
    • New York, NY 10044-0213
    • United States
  • Phone:
    • 703-528-6445

Kinetic Hydro Power Systems
tested in East River, USA
Founded in 2000
Additional Links:
http://cleantech.com/news/companies/verdant-power
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Verdant_Power
http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/14/ontario-government-backs-verdant-power-tidal-energy-project/

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc

Palamis (UK)

  • Home page: http://www.pelamiswave.com/
  • Address:
    • Pelamis Wave Power Ltd.
    • 31 Bath Rd, Leith,
    • Edinburgh
    • EH6 7AH
    • Scotland. UK
  • Phone:
    • +44 (0) 131 554 8444

Floating, articulated device

Wave Dragon ApS (Denmark)

Slack-moored overtopping. Sea testing in Nissum Bredning, Denmark

Hammerfest Strom

Phone:

    • +47 78406200

"The Blue Concept;" Sea testing in Norwegian Strait of Kvalsundet, Norway

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