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Carbon fiber composite hydrofoils to enable “world’s fastest” electric ferry
The Candela P-12 Shuttle, set to launch in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2023, will incorporate lightweight composites and automated manufacturing to combine speed, passenger comfort and energy efficiency. The Candela P-12 Shuttle is a hydrofoiling electric ferry set to hit the waters of Stockholm, Swed...Read more -
Promising Future Expected for Thermoplastic Composites
Long reliant on thermoset carbon-fiber materials for making very strong composite structural parts for aircraft, aerospace OEMs are now embracing another class of carbon-fiber materials as technological advances promise automated manufacture of new non-thermoset parts at high volume, low cost, an...Read more -
Solar panels based on biosourced materials
French solar energy institute INES has developed new PV modules with thermoplastics and natural fibers sourced in Europe, such as flax and basalt. The scientists aim to reduce the environmental footprint and weight of solar panels, while improving recycling. A recycled glass panel on the front a...Read more -
Toyota and Woven Planet develop portable hydrogen cartridge prototype
Toyota Motor and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. To...Read more -
The Hydrogen Stream: Reclaimed carbon fiber bipolar plates may increase fuel cell capacity by 30%
Boston Materials and Arkema have unveiled new bipolar plates, while US researchers have developed a nickel and iron-based electrocatalyst that interacts with copper-cobalt for high-performance seawater electrolysis. Source: Boston Materials Boston Materials and Paris-based advanced materials spe...Read more -
Composites pack more performance at JEC World—–Marie O’Mahony
32,000 visitors and 1201 exhibitors from 100 countries meet face to face in Paris for international composites showcase. Composites are packing greater performance into smaller and more sustainable volumes is the big take-away from the JEC World composites trade show held in Paris on May 3-5, at...Read more -
Thermoplastic Composite Pipes Could Carry Hydrogen Produced Directly at Floating Wind Farms
Strohm, the developer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French renewable hydrogen supplier Lhyfe, to collaborate on the transportation solution for hydrogen produced from a floating wind turbine to be integrated with a hydrogen production ...Read more -
China home to 40 pct of world’s hydrogen refueling stations: official
China has completed the construction of over 250 hydrogen refueling stations, accounting for about 40 percent of the global total, as it strives to fulfill its pledge to develop hydrogen energy to tackle climate change, according to an energy official. The country is also developing projects in ...Read more -
Nissan Showcases new CFRP Process That Reduces Moulding Times by up to 80%
Company say the new process cuts moulding times from 3 hours to just two minutes The Japanese automaker says it has created a new way to speed up the development of car parts made from carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) by up to 80%, making it possible to mass-produce strong, lightweight com...Read more -
NREL explores novel manufacturing approach for next-generation wind turbine blades
3D printing of thermoplastic blades enables thermal welding and improves recyclability, offering the potential to reduce turbine blade weight and cost by at least 10%, and production cycle time by 15%. A team of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, Colo., U.S.) researchers...Read more -
Zhongfu Lianzhong’s first 100m offshore blade successfully went offline
On September 1, 2021, Zhongfu Lianzhong’s first 100m large offshore wind turbine blade was successfully offline in Lianyungang blade production base. The blade is 102 meters long and adopts new interface integration technologies such as carbon fiber main beam, blade root prefabrication and ...Read more -
China’s Sinopec Shanghai set to complete high-grade carbon fiber project by end-2022
BEIJING, Aug 26 (Reuters) – China’s Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical (600688.SS) expects to finish construction of a 3.5 billion yuan ($540.11 million) carbon fiber project in late-2022 to produce a higher quality product at lower cost, a company official said on Thursday. As diesel con...Read more
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