Category: Energy

The world’s increasing reliance on wind energy has spurred demand for wind turbines and the giant blades that power them. But meeting those market needs has been difficult due...

We have all seen the photos of retired wind blades in landfills, painting a powerful picture for those concerned with the environment and with energy production for the future. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), with funding...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy took a big step towards achieving its stated goal of making wind turbines fully recyclable by 2040 by introducing what is known as the world’s first recyclable commercial...

Partnering with Glosten, a design and consulting firm in the marine industry, and PelaStar, developer of the tension-leg platform floating wind turbine foundation, GE is designing and developing controls...

The use of Continuous Composites’ proprietary Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) process allowed Siemens energy to replace a metallic generator component with a component built of composite materials. In...

The wind energy industry has succeeded in applying large-scale additive manufacturing technology to create complex blade mold sections that are made of traditional composite materials and can be bonded....

As the wind energy market continues to grow and evolve new challenges must be addressed and overcome. Wind turbine blades are now larger than ever to boost energy creation...

Thanks to a grant of $1.1 million from the Department of Energy’s Small Business Technology Transfer program and Wind Energy Technologies Office, the University of Tennessee (UT) partnered Carbon...