Why can’t we recycle wind turbine blades as easily as we recycle plastic bottles? In this video (part 3 of my series on wind turbine blade end of life uses), I talk about why wind turbine blades are so hard to recycle (why we see so many going to landfill currently), and I talk with researcher Ryan Ginder about the process he is developing that will allow fibreglass from wind turbine blades and other composite products to be recycled to a high-value material.
Other wind turbine blade end of life videos:
The Great Waste Debate: Wind Energy vs. Coal and Garbage [ Ссылка ]
Wind Turbine Blades into the Circular Economy: Heloisa Lemmertz Interview
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You can see more of what Ryan is up to on the UTK website and LinkedIn:
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Read more about the recycling process:
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Ginder, R. S., & Ozcan, S. (2019). Recycling of commercial e-glass reinforced thermoset composites via two temperature step pyrolysis to improve recovered fiber tensile strength and failure strain. Recycling, 4(2), 24.
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New Wind Turbine Blade Recycling Method
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