{"id":1028,"date":"2021-09-08T16:39:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ege-windturbines.com\/en\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2021-09-08T16:39:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:39:52","slug":"wind-turbine-giant-siemens-gamesa-claims-world-first-in-blade-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ege-windturbines.com\/en\/2021\/09\/08\/wind-turbine-giant-siemens-gamesa-claims-world-first-in-blade-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Giant Siemens Gamesa claims World-First in Blade Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy<\/a>\u00a0said Tuesday it had launched a recyclable wind turbine blade, a move which represents the latest example of how the industry is attempting to find ways to re-use materials.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Spanish-German engineering group claimed its RecyclableBlades were \u201cthe world\u2019s first recyclable wind turbine blades ready for commercial use offshore.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Siemens Gamesa said it would work with German utility\u00a0RWE<\/a>\u00a0to install and pilot the blades at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, which is expected to commence commercial operations in 2022.<\/p>\n

The firm \u2013 whose major shareholder is\u00a0Siemens Energy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 said it was also working with EDF Renewables on the goal of deploying \u201cseveral sets\u201d of the blades \u201cat a future offshore wind farm.\u201d<\/p>\n

A similar collaboration is taking place with wpd, a German-headquartered company which develops and operates wind farms.<\/p>\n

The issue of what to do with wind turbine blades when they\u2019re no longer needed is a headache for the industry. This is because the composite materials blades are made from can prove to be difficult to recycle, which means that many end up as landfill when their service life ends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As governments around the world attempt to ramp up their renewable energy capacity, the number of wind turbines worldwide only looks set to grow, which will in turn increase pressure on the sector to find sustainable solutions to the disposal of blades.<\/p>\n

According to Siemens Gamesa, its recyclable blades use a new type of resin which \u201cmakes it possible to efficiently separate the resin from the other components at end of the blade\u2019s working life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The business said this process, which it described as \u201cmild,\u201d protected \u201cthe properties of the materials in the blade, in contrast to other existing ways of recycling conventional wind turbine blades. The materials can then be reused in new applications after separation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Over the last few years a number of major players in wind energy have announced plans to try to tackle the problem of what to do with wind turbine blades.<\/p>\n

In June, Denmark\u2019s Orsted said it would\u00a0\u201creuse, recycle, or recover\u201d all turbine blades<\/a>\u00a0in its worldwide portfolio of wind farms once they\u2019re decommissioned.<\/p>\n

The same month saw\u00a0General Electric\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0renewables unit and cement manufacturer\u00a0Holcim<\/a>\u00a0strike a deal to\u00a0explore the recycling of wind turbine blades.<\/a><\/p>\n

Back in April, it was announced that a collaboration between academia and industry\u00a0would focus on the recycling of glass fiber products<\/a>, a move that could eventually help to reduce the waste produced by wind turbine blades.<\/p>\n

Last December, GE Renewable Energy and Veolia North America\u00a0signed a \u201cmulti-year agreement\u201d to recycle blades removed from onshore wind turbines in the United States.<\/a><\/p>\n

And in January 2020 another wind energy giant, Vestas,\u00a0said it was aiming to<\/a>produce \u201czero-waste\u201d turbines by the year 2040.<\/a>https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/07\/wind-energy-giant-siemens-gamesa-claims-world-first-in-blade-recycling.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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