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- Tilting with windmills: innovations in wind energy on Windmill DayToday is Windmill Day, and what better moment to discuss the latest developments in generating wind energy? Using windmills to generate energy has a…
- A modular wind energy system made of recycled materialsThe company Airiva developed a modular, scalable and smart wind energy system consisting of an array of vertical wind turbines, made of recycled materials.…
- Lightweight Wind Turbines for Low-Wind RegionsGenerating electricity in areas with little wind is often difficult. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, together with the BBF…
- Solar and wind energy generated by fabricCharging your phone because the wind makes your curtains move, generating electricity. Today, it is possible. Not one, but two separate research groups have…
- Stronger wind turbines made with polyurethane infusion resinCovestro, supplier of high performance polymer materials, has installed their pilot wind turbines with wind blades made using polyurethane infusion resin. Wind turbine rotor…
- Energy charging flooring made from wood pulpImagine, you have solar panels on your roof, a wind turbine in your back yard, solar charging windows, and solar and wind charging curtains.…
- Concrete That Stores Energy: MIT’s New Conductive MaterialResearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new form of concrete that can both support structures and store electrical energy.…
- Moya Power: A New Way of Generating Light from WindMoya Power is a semi-transparent material innovation that harvests small amounts of wind to create energy. Low-cost and highly flexible, it can be applied…
- Noise Barrier from Recycled Wind Turbine Blades UnveiledThe Netherlands has launched a world-first with the Blade Barrier, a noise-reducing wall made from old wind turbine blades. Installed along the A58 motorway…
- Saving energy with a smart liquid windowResearchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore developed a smart ‘liquid window’ that can block sunlight to keep a building cool and also…
- A completely recyclable wind turbine bladeSpanish-German company Siemens Gamesa developed a wind turbine blade that is completely recyclable. At end-of-life, the material can be separated and be reused. Wind…
- Wind turbines made from engineered woodSwedish engineering and industrial design company Modvion developed a modular, wooden design for wind turbines, to make transportation easier and the turbines more sustainable.…
- A fold-out energy tower for more sustainable festivalsResearchers of Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, in collaboration with 9 companies, developed a 21-metre (69-feet) high fold-out tower with solar collectors…
- Dropping concrete blocks to generate energyAmsterdam Drops, a project by Sinds 1416 and Studio Floris Schoonderbeek, aims to help solve Amsterdam’s energy problem by generating and storing energy by…
- This solar car sails on the windThe latest solar car by the student team from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands for the biennial Bridgestone World Solar Challenge…
- From Wind Turbine Blades to Infrastructure: A Breakthrough in Composite ReuseAs wind energy continues to expand, a less visible challenge is growing at the same time: what happens to wind turbine blades at the…
- A tiny house made of a repurposed wind turbineEnergy corporation Vattenfall and design studio Superuse turned the top part of a wind turbine into a tiny house. Called Nestle, the project creatively…
- A bridge made of reused wind turbine bladesFor his master thesis at Delft University of Technology, engineer Stijn Speksnijder aimed to find a new use for decommissioned wind turbine blades, by…
- Potentially recyclable wind turbine bladesUS National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed wind turbine blade components using liquid thermoplastic resin. Wind turbine blades are commonly made using thermoset resins. The…
- Energy-generating pavement turns footsteps in electricityUsually when we’re talking about sustainable energy sources, we think about the sun, wind or perhaps waves. But we tend to forget that we…
- WALiD: new material for lighter wind turbine bladesThe bigger the blades on a wind turbine, the more energy it generates. However, current blades of wind turbines are made of heavy material,…
- Reused Wind Turbine Blades Prove Viable As Noise BarriersReused wind turbine blades can function as fully fledged noise barriers along motorways. That is the key conclusion from the first test results of…
- Generating energy from waves with flexible concreteUsing a special type of concrete, researches Branko Šavija and Yading Xu from TU Delft in the Netherlands aim to generate energy using waves…
- Recycled Wind Turbine Blades Used to Create Stronger PlasticsResearchers at Washington State University have developed a novel, sustainable method to recycle wind turbine blades and transform them into high-performance plastics. By avoiding…
