Wind/Energy
New wind industry report tracks 2017 wind turbine orders
A new report from Navigant Research (Chicago, IL, US) tracks all publicly announced wind turbine orders between January and June 2017, providing details on orders placed by region, country, and vendor.
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Australian research group launches carbon fiber manufacturing
CSIRO has begun manufacture of Australia’s first carbon fiber sourced entirely from materials produced in the country. Fiber quality is automotive grade, but the organization has its sights set on aerospace grade material.
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MHI Vestas repurposes power plant for wind blades
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S (Aarhus, Denmark) will repurpose an oil-fired power plant decommissioned in 2015 into a state-of-the-art painting and logistics facility for its record-breaking 80m turbine blades.
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Velox to distribute Enka materials in Europe
Composites and plastics materials distributor VELOX GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) has announced the expansion of its distribution partnership with Low & Bonar (London, UK) to distribute Low & Bonar’s trademarked Enka-Channel and Enka-Fusion resin infusion consumables throughout Europe.
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LM Wind Power 73.5-meter blade arrives at Castellón Port
This is the largest wind turbine blade ever made and transported in Spain.
Read More3A Composites receives two Sacha Awards
The Sacha Awards are awarded every two years for projects on best forestry management and processing of legal timber practices in Ecuador.
Read MoreSiemens Gamesa to supply Nordlicht wind project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Zamudio, Spain) has received an order for the supply and installation of 67 units of its recently upgraded OptimaFlex wind turbine type SWT-DD-130 for the Norwegian onshore wind power project “Nordlicht.”
Read MoreUS wind power booming
The roster of U.S. wind projects under construction and in advanced development as of the end of the third quarter of 2017 has reached 29,634 megawatts (MW), the highest level since this statistic was first measured at the beginning of 2016, according to a new report from the American Wind Energy Association.
Read MoreA challenge well suited for the composites industry
I believe climate change is at least partly caused by the increase in CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels.
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Plant Tour: FiberCore Europe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
From debond-proof bridges to cost-saving infrastructure rehab, InfraCore technology is establishing composites as the fourth major construction material.
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