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The Re-Wind Network consists of academic researchers from from Georgia Institute of Technology, University College Cork, Queen’s University Belfast, City University New York, Munster Technological University, University College Dublin, and the BladeBridge.ie company. On LinkedIN at The Re-Wind Network Group
To contact the Network please send an email to the individuals listed below:
USA - Russell Gentry at russell.gentry@design.gatech.edu
Ireland - Paul Leahy at Paul.Leahy@ucc.ie
Northern Ireland, UK - Jennifer McKinley at j.mckinley@qub.ac.uk
BladeBridge.ie - Angela Nagle at angie@bladebridge.ie
Members of the Re-Wind project team in Draperstown, Northern Ireland, UK (May 2023) (Photo: Conor Graham)
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RESEARCH AREAS
The research is being conducted in four fundamental scientific disciplines with specific intellectual foci: Wind Energy and Society, Design for the Built Environment, Structural Mechanics, and, Geographic Information System (GIS).
Wind Energy
The focus of this group is on the social, environmental and economic sustainability of reuse, repurpose, recycle and disposal options for decommissioned wind turbine blades. The socio-political, market and community dimensions are considered alongside active community engagement strategies to carve out new market configurations for reuse products, producers and end-users.
Structural Mechanics
The focus is on understanding the wind blade structural and composite materials properties, the appropriate load cases for the repurposed structures or products and their structural design.
Design for the Built Environment
The focus is on the design of systems across the built environment that drive change and best-practice in dealing with decommissioned wind turbine blades. Focus will be placed on developing outcomes that respond to specific geographic, social, cultural and economic scenarios as well as dealing with each blade’s highly-constrained material properties and geometries.
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
The focus is on developing a GIS system for wind blade repurposing, containing embedded design options and their environmental, economic and social impacts for subsequent network analysis.
THIS MATERIAL IS BASED UPON WORK SUPPORTED BY INVESTNI/DEPARTMENT FOR THE ECONOMY (DFE), SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND, and the U.S. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. ANY OPINIONS, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE FUNDING AGENCIES.
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