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Resin Innovation Paves the Way for Sustainable Wind Turbine Blade Recycling

The renewable energy sector is experiencing rapid advancements, particularly in wind energy, where new technologies are crucial for sustainability. A recent breakthrough from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) highlights a promising development in the recycling of wind turbine blades: a new resin made from biomass that could revolutionize blade disposal and reduce environmental impacts.

Wind turbines, a cornerstone of the transition to clean energy, rely on large, fiberglass-reinforced composite blades that are highly efficient...

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Why calibrate test equipment

You’re serious about your electrical test instruments. You buy top brands, and you expect them to be accurate. You know some people send their digital instruments to a metrology lab for calibration, and you wonder why. After all, these are all electronic — there’s no meter...


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Climate Change Impacting Bird Migration Patterns

Climate change is increasingly influencing bird migration patterns, affecting the timing, routes, and destinations of many species. These alterations have significant implications for ecosystems, conservation efforts, and our understanding of avian behavior.​ Shifts in Migration Timing Rising...

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Energy Storage for Grid Security and Modernization

Opportunities for sustained innovation in the energy storage value chain BY ADAM TUCK, National Research Council of Canada Canada is in the enviable position of being relatively rich in natural resources and having one of the cleanest, least expensive, and most reliable electricity grids in the...

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Machine to Machine Communications

Connecting the ‘smart’ with the ‘grid’ with M2M technology BY JEFF DIXON, Freewave Technologies As the world becomes increasingly connected, the integration of smart devices and tools, such as sensors, process control devices, smart meters, and security cameras have increased the need for...


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Distributed Energy Resources: Part 1. Orchestral manoeuvres in grid innovation

If you thought growth in renewable electricity generation was a big deal – and it is – you haven’t seen anything yet. Full-scale transformation to a cleaner, smarter and more flexible grid will be driven by a suite of innovations – referred to as Distributed Energy Resources – that includes but extends well beyond renewables.
DERs consist in part of smaller-scale and geographically dispersed generating resources, which commonly use renewable fuels. They also consist of energy storage in all its diversity; and of various types of demand response, load control and conservation. This encompasses a wide range of projects and...