A carbon fiber tip offering lightning strike protection for wind turbine blades has been developed by researchers at the U.S. DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The blade tip, which is being ...
From left, Dexter Nelson, Vipin Kumar, Gary Vance, Josh Crabtree and Subhabrata Saha were part of a team that won an ACE award for innovation in green composites design for their fully-recyclable wind ...
The EOLIAN blade will be manufactured using composite materials based on a bio-based repairable and recyclable vitrimer matrix reinforced with basalt fibres, and a structural health monitoring system ...
TPI Composites, Inc. announced it has produced its 100,000th wind blade since 2001, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to advancing the wind energy sector. This achievement highlights ...
UMaine researchers aim to recycle wind turbine blades as 3D printing material A team of University of Maine researchers have secured a $75,000 grant to explore recycling wind blades as feedstock for ...
In a first, German startup Voodin Blade Technology just installed wooden blades on a prototype wind turbine. Voodin Blade Technology made the 9.3-meter (63.3-foot) wooden blades specifically out of ...
The Horizon Europe REFRESH (Smart dismantling, sorting and REcycling of glass Fibre REinforced composite from wind power Sector through Holistic approach) project is presenting its smart, circular ...
A damaged 44-meter turbine blade from Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm has been recycled by Plaswire, a Northern Ireland-based company. Plaswire has developed a sustainable solution which ...
Dutch rotor blade expert We4Ce (Almelo, Netherlands) and Danish precision machining specialist CNC Onsite (Veijle) have completed a joint project to transfer blade repair expertise to a wind park in ...
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Wind turbines are essential to the global shift away from fossil fuels, but what happens when their blades reach the end of ...
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