Wind turbines are a fantastic, cheap, renewable source of energy. However, nothing lasts forever, and over time, the blades of wind turbines fatigue and must be replaced. This then raises the question ...

Wind turbines generate electricity without using fossil fuels or producing particulate matter pollution, but they do create waste: Though they can last as long as 25 years, turbine blades cannot be ...

The blade section was manufactured by ÉireComposites (Ireland) and includes a non-woven mat made from pyrolysed glass fibres recovered from Gjenkraft’s patent-pending pyrolysis process developed in ...

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 ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a low-cost carbon fiber that could lower the cost of blades for wind turbines. The fiber begins as widely available raw material used in the ...

This is a first in the world of wind turbine blade recycling. Norwegian recycling company Gjenkraft has just taken a major step forward by launching commercial operations at its first industrial ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Two companies are partnering to tackle one of the wind energy ...

Making renewable energy greener. Wind energy is an increasingly popular form of renewable energy, but there are still aspects of the manufacturing, operation and end of life (EOL) of wind turbines ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – A manufacturing misstep is believed to have led to the failure of a wind turbine blade at the Vineyard Wind 1 project, and the environmental consultancy firm hired to conduct an ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper said Thursday that the Healey administration is going to pursue an expansion of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Wind ...

The WTTC opened in 2011 and has since evolved to test longer wind turbine blades (Credit: DOE) When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 ...

I've mentioned before how wind turbine designs have been getting larger in an effort to increase efficiency. As such, turbine blades have been getting longer, some stretching into the sky hundreds of ...