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It's Just String & Glue. This is a newsletter about composites, the strings, the glues, and the business.
Dec 3, 20249 min read
Sustainability Facilities for Composites – They’re Popping Up Everywhere
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw another article in Composites World about a...
Nov 18, 20249 min read
What to do With Old Wind Turbine Blades? You Might be Surprised
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #reuse, #architecture, #furniture I saw an interesting article in Composites World this week...
Oct 14, 20245 min read
News on the Composites Recycling Front – Some New Stuff
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased Recently Composites World has been highlighting...
Oct 1, 20247 min read
Offshore Wind to Dramatically Increase by 2050 – Will the Blades be Sustainable?
#composites, #sustainability, #offshorewind, #fibers, #resins, #renewableenergy There is an article in Composites World this week...
Sep 9, 20246 min read
UPDATE – NREL Success – Plant-Based Carbon / Epoxy Composite
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased, #bioresin There is an article in the latest...
Sep 2, 20245 min read
Where Will The Renewable Energy for Making Composites Come From?
#composites, #sustainability, #renewableenergy, #geothermal, #windenergy, #solar I have talked about where the precursors for fibers and...
May 14, 20245 min read
Bio Based Wind Turbine Blades – A Brief Update
#sustainability, #composites, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased, #windturbines There is a recent article in...
Feb 6, 20245 min read
How Big Can Wind Turbines Really Get?
#composites, #carbon_fiber, #wind_turbines, #Wind_turbine_blades, #blade_length Yes, I’m going to talk about Wind Turbines again. I love...
Jan 8, 20245 min read
Composites as Commodity Materials
#composites, #fibers, #resins, #structures, #I_beams, #square_tubing, #carbon_composites, #glass_composites, #rectangular_tubing,...
Dec 4, 20236 min read
Carbon Fiber 2023 Conference and Ned’s Talks
#carbon_fiber, #carbon_fiber_2023, #composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #plant-based, #bio_based_acrylonitrile...
Aug 29, 20234 min read
Wind Energy is Taking Off – and All the Turbine Blades are Composite
#String_and_Glue, #renewable_energy, #renewables, #composites, #wind_energy, #wind_farms With the approval last week of the Revolution...
Jul 17, 20235 min read
A Quick Update on Renewable Energy and Composites – The interesting and the Strange
#String_and_Glue, #Renewable Energy, #Wind Turbines, #Composites in Renewable Energy This week I want to talk about some new and – at...
Jun 19, 20234 min read
So, What’s Up with Kites for Wind Energy Generation?
And what does a kite have to do with composites anyway, or even sustainable composites? Well, this post is intended to answer that...
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