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This 7,000-pound wind turbine blade retired from a Colorado wind farm; Today, it serves as a pedestrian bridge in GeorgiaIn a remarkable transformation, a retired 7,000-pound wind turbine blade from a Colorado wind farm has been ingeniously repurposed as a ped...- A 73-year-old Oklahoma farmer battled years of drought before leasing land for five wind turbines. The wise decision transformed his farm incomeFacing the challenges of a drought-stricken Oklahoma, Bob Kerr found his wheat and cattle farming income dwindling. However, the five wind ...
- Wind turbines in US can last around 30 years; what happens to their enormous blades after they stop turning may surprise youWind turbines typically have a lifespan of around thirty years, and at the end of this period, much of their structure can be efficiently r...
- A Tennessee company is recycling wind turbine blades and recovering glass fibre reported to be 99.9% pure for reuse in manufacturingA Knoxville company, Carbon Rivers, is recycling old wind turbine blades. Their process uses heat to separate glass fibre from resin materi...
- USA faces millions of tons of retired wind turbine blades; engineers from Houston found an unexpected second use for them.At the University of Houston, engineers are ingeniously repurposing retired wind turbine blades to construct highway overhead sign structur...
- Earlier this year, 1,124 wind-turbine blades were sitting in a Wyoming landfill. Now, a Missouri cement plant has given 7,000 more a second life, offering a different ending for retired renewable-energy equipmentWyoming buried 1,124 wind turbine blades. Now, a Missouri cement plant is giving more than 7,000 retired blades a second life. The contrast...
- Atlanta used a retired 49-foot wind-turbine blade as a footbridge to solve a creek-access problem; the result transformed the park by opening nearly 2 acres of previously unreachable green space to visitorsAtlanta wind turbine blade bridge: A retired wind-turbine blade now serves as a footbridge in Atlanta's Beaverbrook Park. This innovative s...
- In 2022, Ireland built a pedestrian bridge from two wind-turbine blades that were too difficult to recycleOld wind turbine blades are now supporting a footbridge in County Cork, Ireland. These blades, retired after their operational life, offer ...
- Where aircraft go when they need a safe haven – or to die. As the Gulf war draws attention to ‘boneyards’, where does India stand?Wars, pandemics, and airspace closures have created a lucrative, if niche, global industry: Specialised airports, called aircraft boneyards...
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- These large-caps have ‘strong buy’ & ‘buy’ recos and an upside potential of more than 25%All long-term investors know that corrections are part of every bull run. But, it is important to know whether they are caused by global or...
- Offshore wind’s next big problem: not enough shipsThe looming shortage of ships capable of handling such turbines comes on the back of a tumultuous 2023 for the offshore wind industry.
- Next generation of Ambanis set to enter Reliance Industries' boardroomMukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), announced that his three children - Isha, Akash, and Anant - will be inducted...
- Pakistani rescuers try to free six kids and two men in a cable car dangling hundreds of feet in the airSix children and two adults were suspended inside a cable car dangling over a deep Pakistani valley on Tuesday, as a military helicopter ho...
- Will Russia-Ukraine war make Europe's switch to clean energy even harder?Smoothly managing Europe's energy switch was always going to be difficult. Now, as economies stagger back from the second year of the pande...
- Suzlon to focus on domestic market, plans offshore mills in GujaratSuzlon has said it will focus on the domestic market in the short-to medium-term while it comes out of the debt burden.
- Suzlon to focus on domestic market, plans offshore mills in GujaratWind turbine maker Suzlon group, which had recently sold its German arm Senvion to pare debt, has said it will focus on the domestic market.
- How left-handed people in India are fighting prejudices & pushing for recognitionFinding left-handed products in India isn’t easy. In the West, you are more likely to spot rulers, can-openers and serrated bread knives fo...
- Indian innovations: Converting new ideas into successful businessesFrom a jacket that controls temperature to a rural branchless banking system, here is a sample of innovations likely to change lives.
- Stocks to watch: Jet Airways, HDFC Bank, SBIUS crude futures hit a 2009 high on the back of weak dollar and hopes of global economic recovery. Crude was up at $75.04 per barrel after ...
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