Engineering
While wind energy is becoming one of the fastest-growing energy sources in the world, wind turbine blade waste emerges as a critical issue. Addressing this urgent environmental concern, Lithuanian researchers have developed ...
Apr 23, 2024
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Robotics
Damp, cold conditions are the enemy of wind power. If a layer of ice forms on the rotor blades, this can result in rotational imbalance and, hence, increased wear. In such cases, the turbines often have to be shut down for ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Engineering
Wind-farm owners in Europe are holding off on scrapping their old turbines to maximize the power they can generate from them. That's the latest news from a meeting we recently attended on the industry's future. Wind turbines ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Engineering
By developing release agent-free process and material systems in the sub-project "Release film technology for optimized rotor blade production" of the joint project "OptiBlade," researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Engineering
Humans have always developed tools or technologies to help us surmount challenges. Obstacles encourage people to innovate.
Oct 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
On a gray, foggy day in May 2021, a rust-kissed barge carried three shed-sized tidal turbines—each mounted on the points of a triangular steel frame—through New York City's East River. Although the three turbines appeared ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Software
Sound signals, lights, painting the rotor blades, and rapid shutdowns have all been tried in an attempt to reduce bird mortality.
Sep 11, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
It is the year 2035. In a world facing climate catastrophe, the human enterprise is powered by fields of wind farms, with turbine blades made from fast-growing grasses and the roots of a million-year-old fungus.
May 30, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Off the coast of Portugal, a team of underwater robots is scanning the base of turbines on a wind farm and looking for signs of damage while aerial drones check the blades. The activity is part of a project to reduce inspection ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Engineering
Skoltech researchers have used a 3D printer to fabricate samples of bronze-steel alloys previously unknown to materials science and investigated their mechanical characteristics. Blending the distinct properties of bronze ...
Jan 9, 2023
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