ReWindUCC
@ReWindUCC
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Part of the Re-Wind Network: US, IE, NI. Environmentally, Socially and Economically Sustainable Reuses for Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades.
Cork, Ireland
Joined February 2019
Wind turbine blades are notoriously difficult to recycle. These companies have found ways to upcycle them into new products instead https://t.co/jPx2fNUk6i via @climate
bloomberg.com
Most parts of wind turbines can be recycled, except for the blades. These companies are working to repurpose blades into new products.
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New infrastructure incorporating decommissioned FRP wind turbine blades is constructable and cost-effective , new Re-Wind paper in @Sus_MDPI
https://t.co/cv02G5r43z
@eriucc @gatechengineers @QUBNBE @gatechengineers , lead author Kieran Ruane @MTU_CivilEng
mdpi.com
This paper describes repurposing projects using decommissioned wind turbine blades in bridges conducted under a multinational research project entitled “Re-Wind”. Repurposing is defined by the...
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Blade bridge two sided customer opportunity: waste reduction and green procurement. Angie Nagle presents at @Chairman_IWFA @eriucc
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Congratulations to our Re-Wind PhD student Angie Nagle who has won Best Paper - Environment, Pedagogy and New Frontiers streams for her contribution on #BladeBridge at @CERI_ITRN_2022 ! @gerardmullally1 @NPDunphy @eriucc @MaREIcentre @scienceirel @ruane_kieran
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Fully funded @UWEBristol PhD studentship available with me @delaurentisc and @HayesEnda. Application info will be published soon but there will be a short turnaround, so please message me or Carla if you want to discuss. Please share. #onshorewind
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Claire Ducourtieux has joined us in @eriucc as part of her Masters in Energy, Environment and Innovative Materials. @uccwindenergy @MaREIcentre
https://t.co/vbVeYOkcBC
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Public EV charging costs seven times more! @brian_caulfield
energylivenews.com
Charging an average EV at home cost nearly £208 a year, compared to more than £1,450 for public charging, according to a new report
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@Conor_Sheehy, Paul Leahy @uccwindenergy, @mlkubik @fluenceenergy tell @AltEnergyMag why US battery energy storage system BESS manufacturers are finding opportunities on the Island of Ireland #BESS #WhyIreland
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Applications are open for the Daniel & Margaret Cronin Advancing Access Scholarship; aimed at PhD candidates from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds . For more info see: https://t.co/5pIUx2erqt
#AccessUCC #PLUSProgramme #UCCPLUS #Scholarship @UCC #UCC
ucc.ie
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What can you do with used wind turbine blades? New #RTEBrainstorm podcast based on an article by Peter Deeney @eriucc @UCC & Kieran Ruane @mtu_ie & voiced by Erik Threlfall - now available wherever you get your podcasts & https://t.co/tr5rGcK9s0
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Glass fibres from wind turbine blades could be used as supplementary cementitious material , new paper : https://t.co/cw6YtQjVW7 - however, extracting fibres from blade GFRP is not yet justified from sustainability and economic standpoints
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Re-Wind will be featured on Pat Kenny show , Newstalk FM this morning from 10am! https://t.co/wc0d6nHW4r
@PatKennyNT @NewstalkFM @MaREIcentre
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Electricity islands | autonomous power systems | - special issue open for submissions in #RSER @ElsevierEnergy
Interesting special issue call in #RSER @ElsevierEnergy
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Deadline for abstracts extended to 24th June.🚨 Join us at the 18th Corporate Responsibility Research Conference hosted by @cleoqub, in association with @ESCP_bs, @KedgeBS and the Sustainability Research Institute @UniversityLeeds. Find out more: https://t.co/ShsMtRLR1A
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"There’s not just one way of being sustainable, and so it’s important that we find a pathway to sustainability that is fair and just" - Niall Dunphy, director @ucc_cppu @eriucc
"There’s a common thread that runs through a lot of our work – we would describe it as the people’s relationship with energy". Dr Niall Dunphy @ucc_cppu discusses the importance of ‘energy citizenship’ in Independent Thinking magazine. #research #UCCSTEM
https://t.co/E7tCyBEVsn
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Re-Wind featured in Composites World. Larry Bank :"Repurposing does require the labor and costs involved with cutting and transporting blades [for shredding, downcycling, pyrolysis]" https://t.co/tYm2Oy5FOB
#BladeBridge #BladePole @scienceirel @eriucc
compositesworld.com
Suppliers, fabricators and OEMs across the composite wind blade supply chain ramp up existing technologies, develop better reclamation methods, and design more recyclable wind blades.
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Today at the IAFA Conference in @MaynoothUni The first draft of the first paper on O&M Risk Modelling Was Presented
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Re-Wind Network's Cork #BladeBridge will feature in panel discussion on Mooney Goes Wild tonight 10pm on RTE Radio 1 https://t.co/VdQhGpzvKM
@eriucc @MTU_CivilEng @scienceirel @Corkcoco
rte.ie
Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms.
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What happens to a wind turbine at the end of its life? Angie Nagle from University College Cork and Zoe Zhang from Georgia Institute of Technology Podcast on podbean :An Droichead/The Bridge https://t.co/Zn7kjSSWGz
@mollyhulsey_gsa @dfatirl @scienceirel @eriucc #BladeBridge
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