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Blade recycling is only becoming mainstream now as 15 year old farms start to change out blades in bulk: eg: (2026) Australia is home to 31 wind farms with
by defrost 2mo ago
Blade recycling is only becoming mainstream now as 15 year old farms start to change out blades in bulk:
eg: (2026)
Australia is home to 31 wind farms with turbines over 15 years old. Over the next decade, countless blades will require replacement.
~ https://www.acciona.com.au/turbine-made https://www.acciona.com.au/turbine-made
Which explains the current low numbers of companies taking GFRP (primary component of wind turbine blades) down to particle size for reuse.
See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921344924004075 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09213... (2024) and companies such as Acciona.