A team of Georgia Tech engineers and researchers are making U.S. history, installing the first bridge made out of a wind turbine blade.
The Re-Wind Network developed the bridges, breathing new life into sections of wind turbine blades. Russell Gentry , professor in the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech, leads the United States team.
Gentry, alongside other project members, gathered Tuesday in Buckhead to install a BladeBridge at Beaverbrook Park.
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“These fabulous materials don’t recycle well so when they come out of service, you can’t really grind them up. You can’t use them for anything and they’re amazing structures,” Gentry said…