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PNE WIND completes second repowering project
PNE WIND AG has completed its second wind farm repowering project with the Görike wind farm in Brandenburg, Germany, quintupling the output.
Gurit inaugurates Red Maple blade tooling site
Gurit has officially inaugurated the new production site of its tooling business Red Maple in China. The facility allows for the development and manufacture of large blade moulds for wind turbines of up to 7 MW.
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TPI Composites plans wind blade development centre in Massachusetts
Wind turbine blade supplier TPI Composites Inc has announced plans to open a wind blade innovation centre in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, to support its manufacturing facilities around the world.
REpower opens wind power technology centre
REpower has officially opened its new wind turbine technology centre in Osterrönfeld in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Germany.

Podcasts

Reinforced Plastics newscast, 30 March 2010
Amanda Jacob previews the contents of the March/April issue of Reinforced Plastics magazine, which is published this week.
Weekly Podcast: Wave and tidal in the UK: 2GW by 2020?
It's a widely held view that wave and tidal has great potential, but that it is still an R&D industry only now starting to deploy demonstration projects. So how can we ramp up the various technologies? Renewable Energy Focus reports back from the Wave and Tidal 2010 event, organised by RenewableUK (formerly BWEA).
Reinforced Plastics newscast, 1 March 2010
Amanda Jacob reviews the ACMA's Composites 2010 trade show, highlights some of the latest news, and introduces Reinforced Plastics' JEC preview.
Weekly podcast: 10 MW offshore wind turbine to be erected
Norwegian company Sway will erect a 10 MW prototype offshore wind turbine for testing. Find out more in this week's news podcast.

Blogs

COMPOSITES EUROPE 2010
Posted by Amanda Jacob • 18 August 2010
The COMPOSITES EUROPE 2010 trade show takes place on 14-16 September in Essen, Germany. COMPOSITES EUROPE is now in its fifth year. The exhibition is organised by Reed Exhibitions, supported by the E...
tags: Composites, Europe, Essen
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Solar powered transport and composites
Posted by Amanda Jacob • 15 July 2010
Fossil fuels still account for the vast majority of the world’s energy consumption, but the search for pollution-free, sustainable alternatives is stepping up considerably. In the transport sect...
tags: solar, transport, power, composites, PlanetSolar, Solar Impulse, carbon fibre
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Cars and carbon fibre
Posted by Amanda Jacob • 20 May 2010
The use of carbon fibre composites in cars is gaining momentum as both BMW and Mercedes Benz further plans to use the material in their vehicles. BMW announced a joint venture with German carbon fibr...
tags: carbon fibre, cars, composites, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Daimler
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Optimism and innovation at JEC 2010
Posted by Amanda Jacob • 16 April 2010
This year's JEC will probably be best remembered for the travel chaos which ensued on the last day following closure of European air space due to volcanic ash from Iceland. But this year's event shoul...
tags: Composites, JEC
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Greener cars = more composites?
Posted by Amanda Jacob • 11 March 2010
Reports from the Geneva motor show taking place this week have highlighted the launch of numerous 'green' cars. It seems that most of the major players have been showcasing their take on an electric o...
tags: green, composites, electric cars
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Features

Bigger blades mean better opportunities for new core materials
Dr Rob Banerjee, Vice President, Business Development at WebCore Technologies, discusses how a new core material can help manufacturers of large wind turbine blades optimise their designs.
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Sandwich structures deliver core benefits
New and innovative core materials are adding design freedom, cost efficiency and other desirable qualities to composite sandwich structures, along with high strength, stiffness and optimised weight. Richard Stewart reports on new developments and an expanding range of applications for sandwich composites.
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Offshore wind potential entices GE back in
GE's enthusiasm for the offshore wind turbine sector has been rekindled with the acquisition of ScanWind, and a new offshore model is planned. David Hopwood travelled to GE Wind's European wind turbine headquarters in Salzbergen, Germany, and spoke to Stephan Ritter, general manager of Europe & offshore wind for GE Energy's renewable energy business.
EU renewables: will the decade belong to onshore wind?
Onshore wind is set to be the star technology in helping the EU’s 27 Member States to meet their mandatory targets for 20% of the EU’s energy to come from renewable energy sources by 2020. Gail Rajgor speaks to Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive Officer of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), about where the biggest markets will be and which other countries are worth watching for some potential surprises.

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Laser bond inspection
Concerned about adhesive bond strength or coating adhesion? Laser bond inspection may be the solution your company is looking for. Download an overview of this new technique and its applications now.
Building on the advantages of composites in construction
Construction is one of the largest markets for composites globally. This Reinforced Plastics feature reports on trends in composites in construction and innovative applications utilising FRP materials.
ERP Buyer's Guide
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2010 Enterprise Phone Systems Requirements Toolkit
In the market for a new enterprise-class phone system? This Toolkit has everything you need to choose the right system for your business.

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