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It's Just String & Glue. This is a newsletter about composites, the strings, the glues, and the business.


Update on REFRESH Project – New LCA Study on Wind Turbine Blades
#composites, #sustainability, #windenergy, #recycling, #renewableenergy A few weeks back I wrote a couple of articles, one about this project (REFRESH) and another about a company in Norway (Gjenkraft) that has gotten seed money to build a plant to recycle wind turbine blades using their pyrolysis process. And of course the day after I wrote the article the REFRESH project posted the results of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that they had performed by a consulting company in
3 days ago6 min read


Recycled Carbon Fiber Use in the Clean and Renewable Energy Business
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #carbonfiber, #renewableenergy I saw an announcement in Composites World that was repeated in...
Sep 247 min read


There’s a New Entrant in the Pyrolysis/Thermolysis Business
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I read this week both in Composites World and in JEC...
Sep 176 min read


Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades have Arrived
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I saw articles this week in two of the industry...
Sep 106 min read


Update on Microwave Processing to Make Carbon Fiber
#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #microwaves, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy I have written about this topic before, but...
Aug 196 min read


The International Conference on Composite Materials – And What’s Coming Soon
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins I gave my paper at the International Conference on...
Aug 137 min read


Sustainability – A Look at Energy Efficiency in Composites Manufacturing
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibermanufacture, #resinmanufacture This week I thought I would touch...
Apr 710 min read


Setting the Record Straight About Wind Turbines and Sustainability
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #windturbines, #turbineblades, #renewableenergy I have been seeing a lot of chatter on...
Jan 286 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...
Oct 1, 20247 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...
Sep 2, 20245 min read


Make Your Carbon Fiber in a Microwave? Good News Again
#composites, #sustainability, #renewableenergy, #carbonfiber, #microwave, #carbonfootprint I wrote about this idea and technology at the...
Aug 5, 20246 min read

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