No matter how beneficial increasing wind energy generation is, at the end of their lives, wind turbine blades end up in landfills. But now major a European wind turbine manufacturer — Denmark-based Vestas — has found a way to make the blades recyclable and circular. Unlike the vast majority of a turbine’s components that have established recycling circles, blade recycling has posed a serious challenge. That’s because of the presence of epoxy resin, a resilient substance that has so far proved problematic to break down into reusable components. “Until now, the wind industry has believed that turbine blade material calls…
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