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Processing and modeling techniques moving wind energy forward

Wind intercepted by the turbine is proportional to the square of its blade length. However, the maximum blade length of a turbine is limited by both the strength and stiffness of its material. The industry is looking to material advances...

source: Don Rosato
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Wind intercepted by the turbine is proportional to the square of its blade length. However, the maximum blade length of a turbine is limited by both the strength and stiffness of its material.

source: Don Rosato

On today's farms, plastic is as ubiquitous as dirt. From plastic film that wraps silage to leftover pesticide containers to the thin trays that hold seedlings, plastic plays an important role.

source: Phsy.org

Ontario consumers would see eco fees included in the price tag of recyclable products like TVs and computers under proposed legislation introduced recently. The draft bill would also get rid of industry-run "cartels" that had come under fire for setting eco fees to pay for...

source: CBC News

Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH, one of the world's leading plastic converters, have announced their Joint Development Agreement for the development of PEF bottles. After The Coca-Cola...

source: Packaging Digest

A cross-functional team of 10 managers from resealable-closure company Zip-Pak recently completed an intensive 18-month global packaging study. Zip-Pak's goal in conducting the study was to openly observe the packaging landscape and the global consumer to better understand...

source: Packaging Digest

A new website, PutALidOnItNYC.com, launched recently to fight Mayor Bloomberg's latest ban, this one on styrofoam, touted in his State of the City address earlier this year. The site, launched by the American Chemistry Council, which...

source: New York Daily News

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