Tag: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Biobased adhesive could solve wind energy recycling conundrum

Biobased adhesive could solve wind energy recycling conundrum

September 2, 2024 |

In Colorado, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed an epoxy that could extend the usable life of wind turbine blades. Turbine blades have a finite usable life of about 20 years, but because the resins used to create the massive blades can’t be easily dissolved, the foam and carbon fiber that make […]

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NREL selected as part of $1.6 million funding to explore potential of geologic hydrogen

NREL selected as part of $1.6 million funding to explore potential of geologic hydrogen

May 3, 2024 |

In Washington DC, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) said it was recently selected as one of 16 teams to research enhanced production of geologic hydrogen by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program. Led by Texas Tech University with partners from NREL, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rio Tinto, and […]

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