Therefore, we need new inventions. Noiseless turbines? Perhaps. Or maybe even turbines without blades? Why not? The good news is, there already are two real projects on this – the Flower Turbines and ...

NREL researchers, funded by the US DoD, leverage 3D printing and thermoplastics to produce wind turbine blades.

The BBC Houston, part of the BBC Chartering fleet, was in the Port of Erie the first weekend of May 2025 to offload giant ...

Fibreglass is a key component in turbine blades, nacelles and hub covers and is arguably the strongest tier of the turbine supply chain. According to industry association Glass Fibre Europe, due to ...

and other composite material turbine blades attached to equally exquisite “razors” that spin at thousands of revolutions per minute and must regularly and reliably heat up to over 1,000 ...

Sarah Hannanh Beagley adds: “And when it comes to recycling, the turbine blades will be buried, shredded or burned.” 16Fairfield replies: “Given we will soon run out of gas to power stations ...

The sheer size of the turbines — blades can be more than 300 feet long — is a problem for transportation on land. But with offshore wind farms, blades could be built in ports and then ...

a new study could make gas turbines more reliable and efficient by addressing a challenge in manufacturing turbine blades. Researchers at the Centre for Additive Manufacture – Metal (CAM2) have ...

The Warrumbungle Shire is concerned about the huge number of projects and the thousands of turbine blades and other equipment that will come through their region, and along the Golden Highway ...

A Dutch company has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by designing a 3D printed modular bridge that repurposes a decommissioned wind turbine blade as its main support structure. The Werkendam ...

Earlier this week, an eagle-eyed local spotted two turbines at the Dundonnell wind farm in western Victoria missing a blade each, but owner Tilt Renewables insists it’s all part of the company ...

In an effort to reduce this waste, the Swedish energy company Vattenfall has repurposed a nacelle, the part to which the three wind turbine blades are attached, into a tiny home. “We are in a time and ...