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The European Union has started a research project aimed at the development of durable, low-cost composite materials for large load carrying constructions like bridges, offshore structures, and wind-turbine blades.

Norbert Sedlacek will entrust his life to a basalt fiber yacht, which he will use for a single hand sailing over 5 oceans and both poles.

Omer, a basalt composite submarine driven by human power, has set world speed records at the international competitions before.

London’s Brunel University has developed a connector for mooring applications made from recycled aluminium strengthened by basalt fibers. The newly developed connectors are supposed to cut down operational costs of tidal, wave and offshore wind energy stations.