The wind energy industry is one of the fastest-growing consumers of fibre reinforced plastics in the world. Production challenges are compounded as the scale of wind turbines continues to climb. Blades, among the most complex parts to mould, now exceed 80 m in length and are getting longer. We report on new products and processes developed to meet the needs of utility-scale blade producers.
24 January 2012
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Reinforced Plastics asked Onur Tokgoz, Wind Energy Global Business Leader at 3B-the fibreglass company, about the company’s activities in the wind energy market and its new glass reinforcement for wind turbine blade manufacture, Advantex® SE2020.
23 January 2012
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The continued evolution of composites materials means than boat building today is very different from the way it was in its infancy three decades ago. We visit Green Marine to see the state of the art in composite yacht building and learn how a long-term partnership between boat builder and materials supplier brings big benefits.
17 January 2012
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Investment banker Michael Del Pero and composites industry veteran Steve Speak offer their business perspective for the future of the advanced composites sector.
13 January 2012
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Wind devices date all the way back to vertical axis wind mills from the Persian-Afghanistan borders around 200 BC, to today’s efforts to develop 10 MW wind turbines...
18 January 2012
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A review of the Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture conference organised by AMI in Germany last month.
16 January 2012
One of the trends at this year's Windpower 2011 event in Anaheim, California was a heavy emphasis on new technology – as well as the continuing debate about how to make wind a more reliable and grid-friendly source of power.
30 December 2011
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A big year is in store for the U.S. wind power industry in 2012, both in the policy arena and out in the field...
30 December 2011
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has established a tradition of taking a look back in December at the events that shaped the year in wind power. Here is their 2011 offering.
28 December 2011
World growth will slow in 2012, but the question is by how much – IHS Global Insight chief economist Nariman Behravesh releases his Top 10 Economic Predictions for 2012.
23 December 2011