I've mentioned before how wind turbine designs have been getting larger in an effort to increase efficiency. As such, turbine blades have been getting longer, some stretching into the sky hundreds of ...

Computer simulations will be used to design the optimal shape and ensure the structural integrity of the natural fiber rotor ...

Rapid carbothermal shock processing converts shredded wind turbine blade waste into high-purity silicon carbide and graphene, ...

The first decades of the 21st century are likely to witness the start of the energy revolution. Wind energy is already a critical part. Although the United States has made great strides recently in ...

When a wind turbine reaches the end of its life after two or three decades, the giant blades attached to it usually end up in a landfill. That’s largely because of the materials that are used. “[The ...

RWE has completed the UK’s first large-scale installation of recyclable wind turbine blades at its 1.4 GW Sofia project in ...

The recyclable blade milestone comes just after RWE crossed another important stage—installing more than half of Sofia’s 100 ...

A damaged 44-meter turbine blade from Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm has been recycled by Plaswire, a Northern Ireland-based company. Plaswire has developed a sustainable solution which ...

A team of University of Maine (UMaine, Orono, U.S.) researchers have secured a $75,000 grant to explore recycling wind blades as feedstock for 3D printing. The award is a Phase 1 winner from the ...

Wind turbines contribute to cleaner energy goals, but their end-of-life management requires sustainable solutions. A Spanish infrastructure firm is tackling the issue of retired wind turbine blades ...