Recycling massive wind turbine blades can be difficult because they're built from sturdy materials to weather the elements for decades. Researchers at Washington State University have devised a ...

carrying the last cargo of wind turbine blades, according to Forth Ports's release. This departure marks the end of the port’s involvement in the construction phase of the project. The vessel left the ...

Using glass fiber-reinforced plastics (GFRP) in wind turbine blades creates significant recycling challenges because GFRP is hard to break down and reuse. Unlike thermoplastics, which can be melted ...

Wind turbines, essential to clean energy, typically last 20 to 25 years. This means that in the coming years thousands of blades will need decommissioning. Without effective recycling solutions ...

We4Ce, a Dutch rotor blade designer, has designed 10 rotor blade sets for Dutch wind turbine startup TouchWind for testing on its floating TW6 turbine, a self-tilting, one-piece rotor design that ...

On the other hand, if a live branch snapped in the wind, the branch should be pruned ... consult a trained arborist for assistance. Bruce Spangenberg is a horticulture outreach specialist with ...

A nearly 100-meter-long wind turbine blade, weighing 36 tons, is making its way along a steep mountain ridge at an altitude of 1,800 meters in Chongqing, China. Peter Navarro: We are going to have ...

Left: wind turbine blade waste; Middle: treated and dried wind turbine blade glass-fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP); Right: injection-molded plastic containing 70% recycled GFRP. Credit ...

Left: wind turbine blade waste; Middle: treated and dried wind turbine blade glass-fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP); Right: injection-molded plastic containing 70% recycled GFRP (photo by WSU).

Mild chemical recycling of waste wind turbine blade for direct reuse in production of thermoplastic composites with enhanced performance. Resources, Conservation and Recycling , 2025; 215: 108159 ...

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed Washington State University researchers to ...