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WindEurope, the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) present the recommendations for the recycling of wind turbine blades in the new report ‘Accelerating Wind Turbine Blade Circularity’.
Investing in renewable energy production and circular solutions should be one of the key drivers of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery. The partners have also built a corporation with the wind energy supply chain to come up with an effective solution to recycling wind blades. The cross-industry and value chain alliances are a powerful tool for speeding up innovation and scaling up cutting edge technologies
Committing to Circular Economy with Right Technology
The first generation of wind turbines are starting to come to the end of their operational life. Many of wind turbines will be replaced by modern, more efficient turbines. WindEurope estimates that 14,000 wind turbine blades will be decommissioned in Europe by 2023. The recycling of these old blades is a top priority for, to remain committed to the principles of a circular economy. The collaboration with Cefic and EuCIA is key to scaling up the necessary recycling technologies and value chains.
“We are committed to support the composites industry in finding reliable recycling technologies”, adds Roberto Frassine, President of EuCIA. “
Our collaboration with WindEurope and Cefic is a great example of how we can make progress towards establishing solutions that are both sustainable and economically viable. EuCIA has been working hard to better estimate the amount of End-of-life waste of composites in Europe. Through WindEurope we were able to validate our findings for wind markets, which will be the basis for further strategic programs and actions to promote composites recycling.”
Source: WindEurope