While most of the materials in turbines can be commercially recycled, the DOE says carbon fiber, fiberglass and rare earth elements cannot. An excavator segments wind turbine blades for mechanical ...

As solar and wind power have taken off around the world, so has the backlash against the waste they generate when the equipment has to be retired. Stories about wind turbine graveyards and solar ...

The blade section was manufactured by ÉireComposites (Ireland) and includes a non-woven mat made from pyrolysed glass fibres ...

U.K.-based EMR has added John McPhail as its new energy infrastructure project manager. Working alongside Charlotte Stamper, EMR’s energy infrastructure lead, he will manage the development of a ...

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 way to ...

The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation's growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon ...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy said Tuesday it had launched a recyclable wind turbine blade, a move which represents the latest example of how the industry is attempting to find ways to re-use ...

In an update on the EU-funded REFRESH project launched in 2023, its consortium has published promising results from the initial life cycle assessment (LCA) of the project’s processes for recycling ...

Wind turbine's last about 20 to 30 years, and iowas oldest wind farm is about 30 years old.The focus now is to extend the life of a turbine as much as possible.

Critical Materials Recycling is working to recycle rare earth materials from the cores of wind turbines like this and larger. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) BOONE – Engineers at Critical ...

Both solar power and wind power have grown at a remarkable rate in the last decade, and as these industries grow the waste associated with them also grows. There is currently no comprehensive plan for ...

Partnering with ubloquity, Plaswire transforms wind turbine blades into fully traceable, low-carbon materials, preventing 100 ...