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Good news, but agreed. GE announced a shred-to-cement program in 2020 (27% cement CO2 reduction ). That was better than sending (currently 8000 blades/year) to
by 8bitsrule 5y ago
Good news, but agreed. GE announced a shred-to-cement program in 2020 (27% cement CO2 reduction ). That was better than sending (currently 8000 blades/year) to landfills.
A few more details from Ryan Ginder in links below. Looks like it's a better way to 'extract the glass fiber reinforcement and use it to make higher value recycled composites'. He claims 'the process is material-agnostic'.
https://mabe.utk.edu/ut-receives-funding-to-recycle-wind-turbine-blades/ https://mabe.utk.edu/ut-receives-funding-to-recycle-wind-tur... [2020]
https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/4/2/24 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/4/2/24 [2019]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0cGugRe1w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0cGugRe1w [11:45]