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Recycling wind turbine blade materials to make improved plastics
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Recycling wind turbine blade materials to make improved plastics

Left: wind turbine blade waste; Middle: treated and dried wind turbine blade glass-fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP); Right: injection-molded plastic containing 70% recycled GFRP....

Reusing wind turbine blades to build bridges
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Reusing wind turbine blades to build bridges

Credit: Allison Carter Jud Ready first visited Beaverbrook Park for an adopt-a-stream event as a graduate student. When he moved to the northwest...

Simulation method enhances wind turbine reliability testing efficiency without compromising accuracy
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Simulation method enhances wind turbine reliability testing efficiency without compromising accuracy

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Wind power, a key source of renewable energy, relies on large turbines to generate electricity. When designing and maintaining...

System delivers early prediction of wind turbine failure
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System delivers early prediction of wind turbine failure

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A researcher from VUB has developed a system that can predict wind turbine failures caused by early component malfunctions....

Blown off course, turbine giant Orsted seeks second wind
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Blown off course, turbine giant Orsted seeks second wind

Orsted was dealt a $4 billion blow last year when it cancelled wind farm projects in the United States. Long dependent on fossil...

The world’s first geographically tailored urban wind turbine designed by AI
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The world’s first geographically tailored urban wind turbine designed by AI

Credit: University of Birmingham Enterprise AI design specialists EvoPhase and precision metal fabricators Kwik Fab Ltd have unveiled the world’s first urban wind...