New Oregon Startup Could Cut Wind Farm Concrete Use By 75%

Clean Technica: A startup out of Oregon is developing a new wind turbine foundation that could cut concrete use by 75%.

According to research organization Oregon BEST, RUTE Foundation Systems and a research team at Portland State University are developing, and hope to commercialize, new technology which would reduce concrete use in wind turbine construction by up to 75% — which in turn reduces CO2 emissions, decreases wind farm construction time, and lowers the overall cost of wind energy development. Oregon BEST is providing early-stage investment support to the project which could keep millions of pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

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