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SUMMARY:Making bamboo a high tech material for large wind turbine blades -
  Dr. Jim Platts
DTSTART:20141112T190000Z
DTEND:20141112T200000Z
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CONTACT:Joshua Phillips
DESCRIPTION:Join the Zero Carbon Society for our second talk of the term\,
  given by Dr. Jim Platts of the Engineering Department. \n\nThis talk is t
 itled 'Making bamboo a high tech material for large wind turbine blades'. 
 Wind energy is becoming an increasingly important contribution to global e
 nergy demands. In the UK\, it recently exceeded nuclear in its power gener
 ation. In this talk\, Jim Platts will discuss the use of bamboo for wind t
 urbines\, and how this is transforming the wind energy sector. Bamboo has 
 been used for 30 years in the production of some of the best performing wi
 nd turbine blades in Europe - over 20\,000 large wind turbine blades\, usi
 ng birch from Finland. More recent developments in China using bamboo exte
 nd the potential of this naturally occurring and totally sustainable high 
 tech material for renewable energy generation. \n\nThe talk will be held a
 t 7pm on Wednesday 12th November\, in the William Thatcher Room\, Wilson C
 ourt in Fitzwilliam College (a right turn out of the Porters' Lodge). We h
 ope to see you there!
LOCATION:William Thatcher Room\, Fitzwilliam College
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