On the sidelines of President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India, India’s Ambassador to France, Jawed Ashraf, announced a significant development in the field of defence and aerospace collaboration between the two countries. The technology transfer agreement between Safran and India regarding the Shakti jet engine project is notably comprehensive, setting it apart from India’s previous jet engine collaborations. The development …
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi have used microwaves to recycle polymer composites to make wind turbine blades. At the end of the service life of the wind turbine blades, the de-commissioned structures, composed of glass fibres in epoxy polymers are demolished and either landfilled or incinerated. Furthermore, restrictions on landfill disposal and fluctuating raw material costs could …
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The wind turbine blades of the obsolete wind farm Irene Vorrink are now being reused as sports equipment, building materials and components for solar parks. This is the first wind farm in the Netherlands to be dismantled since Vattenfall narrowed its targets for the reuse of materials. New wind turbines will be re-erected around the location of the wind farm …