Recycling of wind turbine blades is an important element for ensuring the sustainability of
wind turbines. In this article, technologies of recycling of wind turbine blades (for currently …

Various scenarios of end-of-life management of wind turbine blades are reviewed.“Reactive”
strategies, designed to deal with already available, ageing turbines, installed in the 2000s …

Thermoplastic resin systems have long been discussed for use in large-scale composite
parts but have yet to be exploited by the energy industry. The use of these resins versus their …

Increasing demand for lightweight materials is a major driving force for the steady growth of
the continuous fibre-reinforced polymer composite industry. In recent years, strict global …

Wind energy technologies have seen a rapid decline in costs in the last two decades, but the
drivers for these cost reductions are poorly understood. This paper addresses this …

Reactive infusible thermoplastics have the potential to be advantageous for wind turbine
blade composites because they are recyclable at end of life, can have reduced …

The 3R (reuse, recycling, and recovery) management of waste wind turbine blades (WTBs)
is becoming a hot subject, since it has a great practical significance to dispose the upcoming …

Is predicted that around 42 million tonnes of composite waste from wind turbine blades will
need to be recycled annually worldwide by 2050. This poses a potential environmental crisis …

Wind turbine blades are typically manufactured from a small number of components which
are bonded together with an adhesive. Over the life span of a wind turbine, the static and …

Current research aims at investigating the fatigue strength of ultrasonically welded
composite joints with novel liquid acrylic thermoplastic Elium®. Fatigue response of the …