Two companies are partnering to tackle one of the wind energy industry’s most persistent challenges—and they may set a world ...

We may think that the wind turbines we see blowing in the wind up and down the country will last forever, but that's not the ...

Optical-fibre sensors are being used in the wind-turbine industry to measure strain in the massive blades of wind turbines. Their immunity to lightning strikes is a big benefit. Credit: LM GLASS FIBER ...

Materials for the wind turbine blade include resins of glass fiber reinforced polyester, glass fiber reinforced epoxy, and carbon fiber reinforced epoxy. According to a comprehensive analysis by ...

The EoLO-HUBs (End of Life through Open HUBs) project aims to find a commercially viable and scalable solution to the looming stockpile of discarded wind turbine blades. TNO and Brightlands Materials ...

The 3DCeraTurb project focuses on the design and manufacture of a turbine vane using two of the most important new classes of manufacturing technologies and materials: Additively manufactured metals ...

A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless has developed an innovative mast wind turbine that works by turning vibrational ...

No matter how beneficial generating wind energy is, at the end of their life wind turbine blades end ... Over half of the constituents of current blades is comprised of glass and carbon fibre, and 30 ...

It’s a safe bet that lightning is going to strike twice around Vipin Kumar. In fact, he makes sure it does – every time he tests new technology to protect sky-high wind turbine blades. As a researcher ...

ORNL’s turbine blade tip, which is fully recyclable, supports the wind industry ... The hybrid carbon fiber composite blade tip is 41% lighter than a blade tip made with pure glass fibers, ...

The world's first urban wind turbine designed to be tailored to the ... and precision metal fabricators. The "Birmingham Blade" has been designed by EvoPhase and KwikFab to address a substantial ...