Making fan blades for airplanes used to be pretty straightforward, but now it’s a whole different ballgame. We’re talking ...

Wind energy is a fast-growing segment and one of the largest markets for composite materials. One of the key aspects making the wind energy sector so successful is the scalability of the technology, ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TPI Composites, Inc. (TPIC), (TPI) (Nasdaq: TPIC), announced today that it has collaborated with WindSTAR, a National Science Foundation (NSF) ...

As part of the project, Fraunhofer IFAM not only started up a specially designed new low-pressure plasma plant for web material, but also developed plasma processes which can be used to apply an ...

Three GE business units will partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to develop and demonstrate an integrated additive manufacturing process for ...

FREMONT - A long strand of metal is flattened and cut to fit specific designs as it passes through a press that cost around $350,000. It's just one step in the process of creating Crescent ...

Pre-treatment-free coatable demonstrator of a rotor blade shell segment protected by the Peel Plas release film. Photo Credit, all images: Fraunhofer IFAM Within the joint project OptiBlade, ...

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 ...

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, Colo., U.S.) have successfully leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind ...

Qantas has replaced all the fan blades it considered to be "at risk" on Rolls-Royce RB211-524G/H engines following inspections after a fan blade failure on a British Airways Boeing 747-400 last month ...