Although wind turbines generate electricity via an eco-friendly process, the giant blades of those turbines typically end up in landfills once they wear out. That could change, however, thanks to a ...

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have produced a prototype wind turbine blade held together using an experimental resin made of biobased materials from plant waste, and found it ...

Researchers at the DoE’s Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), working with engineers from Arkema Inc of Pennsylvania, have shown it is possible to build wind turbine blades with the ...

A new material for wind blades that can be recycled could transform the wind industry, rendering renewable energy more sustainable than ever before while lowering costs in the process. Researchers ...

To support the development of wind turbines generating 10 megawatts (MW) of power or more, composite wind turbine blades are now able to exceed 100 meters (328 feet) in length. Increasing the size of ...

Researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) say they have developed a new material for use in the construction of wind turbine blades that is both bio-derivable and easily ...

LEVERKUSEN, Germany, June 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Covestro, a leading global supplier of high-performance polymer materials, has delivered its first commercial order of polyurethane raw materials for ...

Romans, France – Covestro Baule has developed a new piece of vacuum infusion equipment for large wind turbine blades. The machine was used by Chinese blade-maker Goldwind to make 64.2 meter-long ...