@ReWindUCC

Part of the Re-Wind Network: US, IE, NI. Environmentally, Socially and Economically Sustainable Reuses for Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades.

 Cork, Ireland
re-wind.info/
Joined February 2019
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Wind turbine blades are notoriously difficult to recycle. These companies have found ways to upcycle them into new products instead bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @climate

Four Creative Ways to Reuse Wind Turbine Blades

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 mdpi.com/2132278 @eriucc @gatechengineers @QUBNBE @gatechengineers , lead author Kieran Ruane @MTU_CivilEng

Construction and Cost Analysis of BladeBridges Made from Decommissioned FRP Wind Turbine Blades

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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ReWindUCC retweeted
WindValue@WindValue23 Aug 2022
An Opportunity for a PhD @eriucc @MaREIcentre @ReWindUCC
Dr Rebecca Windemer@RebeccaWindemer18 Aug 2022
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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ReWindUCC retweeted
WindValue@WindValue26 Aug 2022
Claire Ducourtieux has joined us in @eriucc as part of her Masters in Energy, Environment and Innovative Materials. @uccwindenergy @MaREIcentre windvalue.ie/?page_id=14
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Public EV charging costs seven times more! @brian_caulfield energylivenews.com/2022/08/1…

Public EV charging costs seven times more! - Energy Live News

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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Dr John Barimo from @UCC speaking about the SDG Toolkit and how this framework acts as a catalyst to remove obstacles and facilitate the integration of the SDGs into the curriculum #EwS2022
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Replying to @Conor_Sheehy
@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 tinyurl.com/yt9y6ert
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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: ucc.ie/en/sfsa/further-suppo… #AccessUCC #PLUSProgramme #UCCPLUS #Scholarship @UCC #UCC
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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 & rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0323/…
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Glass fibres from wind turbine blades could be used as supplementary cementitious material , new paper : sciencedirect.com/science/ar… - 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! newstalk.com/ @PatKennyNT @NewstalkFM @MaREIcentre
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Electricity islands | autonomous power systems | - special issue open for submissions in #RSER @ElsevierEnergy
Prof Aoife M. Foley
@AoifeMFoley14 Jun 2022
Interesting special issue call in #RSER @ElsevierEnergy journals.elsevier.com/renewa…
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: ow.ly/oQcy50JvS8w
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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
SEFS@UCC@SEFSUCC13 Jun 2022
"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 ucc.ie/en/magazine/summer22i…
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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]" compositesworld.com/articles… #BladeBridge #BladePole @scienceirel @eriucc

Moving toward next-generation wind blade recycling

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.

compositesworld.com
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ReWindUCC retweeted
WindValue@WindValue9 Jun 2022
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 rte.ie/radio/radio1/mooney/ @eriucc @MTU_CivilEng @scienceirel @Corkcoco

Mooney Goes Wild

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 commoneire.podbean.com/e/ep-… @mollyhulsey_gsa @dfatirl @scienceirel @eriucc #BladeBridge
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