Wind energy isn’t quite as common of an alternative energy source as solar, at least for small installations. It’s usually much easier just to throw a few panels and a battery together than it is to ...

Wire arc additive manufacturing allowed this robot arm at ORNL to transform metal wire into a complete steam turbine blade like those used in power plants. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of ...

3D metal printing is still an experimental process in nearly all industries, used primarily for prototypes and test products. But if Siemens and GE have their way, it will soon become a standard means ...

GE Renewable Energy, Cobod and LafargeHolcim will partner to co-develop wind turbines with optimised 3D printed concrete bases, reaching record heights up to 200 m. The three partners will undertake a ...

ORONO, Maine (AP) — The University of Maine will receive more than $2.8 million to use a 3D printer to manufacture wind turbine blades, Maine’s senators said. The grant is from the U.S. Department of ...

Turbojet engines are an incredible piece of 20th century engineering that except for some edge cases, have mostly been replaced by Turbofans. Still, even the most basic early designs were ...

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center made headlines last year when they used the world’s largest polymer 3D printer to construct a functioning watercraft. Now, this same ...

The three partners will undertake a multi-year collaboration to develop this innovative solution, which will increase renewable energy production while lowering the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and ...

Samara University scholars tested one of the key details of aviation gas turbine engine, i.e. combustion chamber "grown" with the help of 3D-printing. Samara University scholars tested one of the key ...

Low-pressure turbine (LPT) blades for aircraft engines could be the next application conquered by additive manufacturing techniques. GE Aviation has already pushed selective laser sintering – a form ...

A team of University of Maine (UMaine, Orono, U.S.) researchers have secured a $75,000 grant to explore recycling wind blades as feedstock for 3D printing. The award is a Phase 1 winner from the ...