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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America’s First Offshore Wind Farm is now Operational

Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States, is officially running operations. The wind farm, developed by Deepwater Wind, LLC, produces 30 megawatts of energy through...

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Aliancys Provides Insight into Fiberglass Co-Processing

In its newest brochure for customers, Aliancys provides insight into co-processing, a recycling option for glass fiber reinforced thermoset composite materials. Co-processing is the simultaneous use of...

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Composite Sidewalk in Washington, D.C. Converts Kinetic Energy to Power

British sustainable technology company Pavegen has transformed one sidewalk in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., into a kinetic power generator. The company installed 194 triangular glass-reinforced plastic...

Cal Poly Students Will Attempt Solar-Power Land Speed Record in 2017

Students from California Polytechnic State University’s Prototype Vehicles Laboratory (PROVE Lab) have designed a car to break the international land speed record for solar vehicles. The team consists of 70...

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European Scientists Break New Ground on Thermoplastic Materials

During K 2016, an annual materials conference in Europe, a research team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) showed progress on its Wind Blade Using Cost‐Effective Advanced Composite...

Can the Composites Industry Reach an 80 Percent Recycling Goal?

In 2011, when the ACMA Green Composites Council (GCC) formed a recycling subcommittee, the industry’s rate of recycling was approximately one to two percent. Five years later, when the subcommittee began...