World News13.06.2022
Turbine blades to become skis and snowboards in the Netherlands
QAZAQ GREEN. Turbine blades from Vattenfall's Irene Vorrink wind farm in the Netherlands will be the first to enter the company's recycling process and will be turned into skis, snowboards and construction materials for solar farms, Renews.biz reports.
Recycling of the Irene Vorrink wind farm in the Netherlands will be a pilot project. Vattenfall has set a target to recycle all dismantled turbine blades by 2030, and 50% of the blades already by 2025.
Norwegian company Gjenkraft recovers glass and carbon fibres, depending on the type of blade.
The blades consist not only of resin and glass or carbon fibre, but also of balsa wood, PVC or PET foam, other polymers and metals.
It is almost impossible to separate the individual components, so they have to be processed together. This complicates the recycling process and the possibility of recovering residual value from the blades.
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