Wind Turbine Giant Says It Has a Solution That Will Keep Blades Out of Landfills
- Vestas unveils chemical solution to break up, recycle blades
- Process could keep used turbine blades out of garbage dumps
Vestas says it has developed a solution that allows blades to be broken down and recycled.
Source: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
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Wind turbines face an unsustainable dilemma: after decades of producing renewable energy, their seemingly indestructible blades often end up in garbage dumps, left to remain for years.
Now, Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s largest producer of wind turbines, says it has developed a chemical solution that allows the blades — made with durable epoxy resin — to be broken down and recycled.