Energy

New advancements in composites are redefining the energy industry. Composites help enable the use of wind and solar power and improve the efficiency of traditional energy suppliers.

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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...

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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...

Researchers are Developing Nanocomposites to Battle Solar Cell Corrosion

A team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, led by Erik Spoerke along with Texas A&M professor Jaime Grunlan, is developing nanocomposite films made from inexpensive materials as barriers...

World’s First Composite Solar Panel Road Opens in France

Last February, France’s minister of ecology and energy, Ségolène Royal, announced the country’s intention to, over the next five years, pave 1,000 km of roads with a composite material that can adapt to...