While the world has accelerated the green energy transformation, especially with the effect of global warming, one of the tools that played the biggest role in this transformation was wind turbines. These gigantic structures, placed in areas where the wind is effective, turn this energy into electricity by rotating with the effect of the wind.
But wind turbines bring with them another big problem. In cases where these turbines need to be replaced, it is a very difficult process to destroy the turbines. Scientists focusing on this issue, on the other hand, produced an extremely interesting result. According to new research published, wind turbines can be turned into a variety of products, including jelly beans.
We may eat wind turbines soon, but how?
According to research shared by the American Chemical Society, turbines have the potential to be turned into products like countertops, car taillights, diapers and jelly beans. This recycling, which also puts our stomach in, will be possible with the new material developed by scientists.
Scientists have developed a new material that will replace fiberglass used in wind turbine blades, combining glass fibers with a plant-derived polymer and a synthetic polymer. The panels made of this thermoplastic resin have a strong and durable structure that can be used in turbines. Moreover, it was shared that the new material can even be used in cars.
This new material physically dissociates from the glass fibers when dissolved in a molecule called a monomer. In this way, materials were left that could be used in the same type of products. Now, with the new material they have developed, scientists aim to produce the first wind turbine blades, starting from small sizes, and test them in real life.
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