While most of the materials in turbines can be commercially recycled, the DOE says carbon fiber, fiberglass and rare earth elements cannot. An excavator segments wind turbine blades for mechanical ...

The DOE says its research will help guide more than $20 million in investments previously announced in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance technologies that address this gap. “The U.S.

Recycling massive wind turbine blades can be difficult because they're built from sturdy materials to weather the elements for decades. Researchers at Washington State University have devised a way to ...

Celebrated Wyoming sculptor Chris Navarro has used a giant wind turbine blade to make a snow fence sculpture at the Wyoming ...

The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation's growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon ...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy said Tuesday it had launched a recyclable wind turbine blade, a move which represents the latest example of how the industry is attempting to find ways to re-use ...

We’ve talked before about China recycling wind turbines into road pavement. Well, now Australia has put a different spin on it. Josh Kerr, the Australian professional surfer, built a career on aerial ...

Critical Materials Recycling is working to recycle rare earth materials from the cores of wind turbines like this and larger. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) BOONE – Engineers at Critical ...

A newly opened Fairfax facility debuted its brand-new turbine blade recycling process, touting it as a more environmentally friendly method of dealing with damaged or outdated turbine blades. The ...

In southern Sweden, the city of Lund has built a multi-story parking garage that clearly shows how people can reuse old materials in practical and creative ways. The project demonstrates that builders ...

“Avangrid is one of America’s most innovative leaders in renewable energy, and this is yet another example of our forward-thinking approach to accelerating a clean energy transition across the United ...

Both solar power and wind power have grown at a remarkable rate in the last decade, and as these industries grow the waste associated with them also grows. There is currently no comprehensive plan for ...