Columns Published: 3/31/2012
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan surveys the potential negative effects on the composites industry of the battles in the U.S. Congress over over renewal of the Production Tax Credit for renewable energy technologies — and the resulting uncertainty in ...
Wind blade repair: Planning, safety, flexibilityColumns Published: 8/1/2011
Wind turbine blade maintenance and repair was an important and growing issue taken up by two speakers at CompositesWorld’s 2011 Wind and Ocean Energy Seminar, held in April in Portland, Maine.
Wind blade manufacture: Opportunities and limitsColumns Published: 5/31/2011
At CompositesWorld's 2011 Wind & Ocean Energy Seminar, held April 13-14 in Portland, Maine, Stephen Nolet, principal engineer/director of innovation at TPI Composites Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.) briefed the audience on TPI’s view of blade design and ...
Renewable energy: The carrot and the stickColumns Published: 1/31/2011
Consultant Susan Ward (ITECS Innovative Consulting (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.) says U.S. government funding for new composites technology projects is still out there, if a company has the right project, presented with the right strategy, to the right g...
The green challengeColumns Published: 7/30/2010
Hugo Giffard, engineer and continuous improvement manager at LM Wind Power (Canada) Inc. (Gaspé, Quebec, Canada) discusses the need for recycling partners in his company's efforts to deal responsibly with waste glass-fiber reinforcements.
