Longer, Stronger, Lighter, Cheaper
Improvements in composite turbine blades will power the wind energy industry. Wind is an increasingly important source of renewable energy. In 2015, wind power installations generated about 435 gigawatts...
Making Green by Going Green
New technologies, products and industry projects show signs of progress in the quest to advance composites recycling – and make it profitable. In homes and offices throughout the world, recycling bins are...
New Radar Scanner from Fraunhofer can Detect Defects in Wind Turbine Blades
In order to help increase wind turbine efficiency, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF has developed an innovative radar scanner that can detect defects in composite wind turbine...
Dr. Zhengrong Shi Introduces eArche: A Breakthrough Composite Solar Panel
Dr. Zhengrong Shi, an Australian businessman known as the “Sun King,” has introduced eArche, a super flexible, ultrathin solar panel that could stretch along building facades, atop buses, or on top of...
This Next-Generation Catamaran is a Sailor’s “Solar Dream”
Swedish yacht designer Dennis Ingemansson and Turkey-based Ned Ship Group are collaborating on a 42-meter catamaran known as the “Solar Dream.” The catamaran features a 360 square meter solar cell area...
IACMI-The Composites Institute Launches First Compressed Gas Storage Collaboration Project
IACMI-The Composites Institute, a 100+ member, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Department of Energy driven consortium committed to increasing domestic production capacity and manufacturing jobs...
