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 ...

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

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 ...

The problem is that wind turbine blades currently aren’t. The blades last around 20 to 25 years, and are typically made of fiberglass or carbon fiber. Consisting of high-strength fibers set in a ...

In wind turbine blade manufacturing, this cut configuration has been proven to ... What is common to both approaches is the use of unidirectional fibre (UD) – glass or carbon – to provide bending ...

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 ...

Global Fiberglass Solutions accumulated about 400 old wind turbine blades near Ellsworth along U.S. Interstate 35. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The top executives of a company accused ...

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 ...

While most of a wind turbine can be reused, its enormous fiberglass blades are difficult to dispose ... The edges are sealed to protect from glass or wooden splinters, and then the product is ...

The blades are only part of this story, though. [Jan] goes on to build a complete full-scale wind turbine that can generate nearly a kilowatt of power at peak production, although it does not ...