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.

This Technology Could Cut Global Energy Costs by $2 Billion per Year

Scientists from ExxonMobil and Georgia Tech have developed a revolutionary new technology that, if brought to industrial scale, could reduce industry’s global annual carbon dioxide emissions by up to 45...

Georgia Tech Researchers Develop New Method to Recycle Carbon Fiber

Georgia Tech's Research Horizons magazine reports that researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a method to recycle nearly 100 percent of the materials in certain types of thermoset carbon fiber...

Energy Department 3D Prints Wind Blade Molds to Reduce Costs

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) has turned to 3D printing to reduce development costs for wind turbines. AMO has started building molds made from six-foot-tall, 3D printed...

Oak Ridge National Lab 3D Prints Table with Composite Bamboo Fiber

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used Cincinnati Incorporated’s CAMX-award winning Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) technology, to 3D print an entire table that contains 10 percent...

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European Manufacturers Develop World’s Longest Wind Turbine

Adwen, a joint venture between wind turbine OEMs AREVA and Gamesa, partnered with long-time blade manufacturer LM Wind Power (Kolding, Denmark) to produce the longest blade in the world - 88.4 meters long. The...

Industry Partners Host Workshop for Emerging Composites Market – Wind Energy

More than 150 students, academics, technicians, and business owners from 27 states attended the Composites in Wind workshop presented by Composites One, the Closed Mold Alliance, and Magnum Venus...