Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, M Hossain, R Umer - Renewable Energy Focus, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind is a clean, efficient, fastest-growing, renewable energy source, which is extensively
applied for power generation. The expected design lifetime of a wind turbine lies between …

End-of-life wind turbine blades and paths to a circular economy

P Deeney, PG Leahy, K Campbell… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
A structured literature review is used to identify barriers to the recommended methods of
processing end-of-life wind turbine blades. The Waste Management Hierarchy recommends …

Closing the Loop: A Comprehensive Review of Circular Repurposing Options for Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blade Materials

V Vishnupriya, J Meldrum, R Kahandawa, N Domingo… - 2024 - mro.massey.ac.nz
Growing global concern about how to dispose of wind turbine blades has sparked an
investigation into more sustainable alternatives. This research delves into finding eco …

[PDF][PDF] Reconstruction of wind turbine blade geometry and shape matching of airfoil profiles to point clouds

M Bermek, G Russell - 29th EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent …, 2022 - par.nsf.gov
Wind Turbine Blades have a limited operation life due to safety and performance concerns.
At the end of this cycle, these massive composite structures still retain more than sufficient …