The wind power industry is a fast growing, global consumer of glass fiber-reinforced plastics
(GFRP) composites, which correlates with the industry's rapid growth in recent years …

Wind energy technologies have seen a rapid decline in costs in the last two decades, but the
drivers for these cost reductions are poorly understood. This paper addresses this …

Energy is the single most valuable resource for human activity and the basis for all human
progress. Materials play a key role in enabling technologies that can offer promising …

Recent decades show a massive demand increment toward clean sources of energy as the
world is experiencing industrial and technological revolutions. Among the various clean …

Climate change is rapidly forcing the world to create renewable energy that is capable of
sustaining future energy requirements globally. The generation of renewable energy at a …

Advanced materials play a crucial role in wind power to enable renewable wind energy
capture and generation. Composite materials such as polymer-matrix reinforced with …

Blades are designed to have good rigidity to be able to minimise the destruction that could
be caused by rapid wind load and gust. The increase in length of the wind turbine …

RESUMO A crescente aposta em fontes energéticas renováveis e alternativas motiva o
desenvolvimento de novos métodos e técnicas de aproveitamento energético. Como tal …

La energía eólica es una de las fuentes de generación de energía que se ha consolidado
como una energía renovable no convencional en el correr de los últimos años. En …