In February 2023, leading wind turbine producer Vestas announced a chemical recycling technique that is a potential breakthrough for the industry. 10 The chemical process can break down epoxy ...

Infrastructure and renewable energy company Acciona, (Alcobendas, Spain), Acciona Energía (Alcobendas) and RenerCycle (Navarra) have announced the construction of Waste2Fiber, a wind blade recycling ...

On a global scale, an estimated 2.5 million tonnes of composite materials are currently in use in wind turbines. Approximately 350,000 tonnes of End-of-Life (EoL) wind turbine blades are expected to ...

A wind turbine with a broken blade at Vineyard Wind 1, a wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, photographed Sept. 10, 2024. RANDI BAIRD FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, FILE ...

The massive offshore wind turbine blade that broke near Nantucket was one of several recent failures of blades made by GE Vernova – a top US wind turbine manufacturer.

As more wind farms are built around the country, disposal of old or broken blades is a concern. Opponents of wind energy have seized on the problem as a reason to try to block new wind facilities ...

The Q1 U.S. wind market exceeded 2024’s pace, more than doubling activity with 2.1 GW of installations — but regulatory ...

Nantucket residents lash out at turbine manufacturer, Vineyard Wind after debris from damaged blade litters beaches By Nick Stoico and Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated July 18, 2024, 11:05 a.m.

A wind turbine breaking is “highly unusual and rare,” Roger Martella, head of government affairs at GE Vernova, said Wednesday.