A wind turbine blade recyclable with Elium®

[@jimthomforde103]

Keep on working on it. We need this! 👍

[@ROLFCOPTERZZ]

Good job. Recycling is the way to go

[@Guido-201]

What’s the percentage of blades recycle?I’ve been told the majority still get dispose on the landfill

[@ArkemaGroup]

Hello Alex A. Yes, today, if we manage to recycle a large part of wind turbines (the mast, the generator ...), the blades are recycled very little because they are largely made with thermosetting composite materials (epoxy for example). The recyclability rate of the blades is now less than 5%. The rest is unfortunately buried because it cannot be recycled. Elium Arkema technology offers a new generation of thermoplastic composite materials. This technology allows depolymerization at a reasonable temperature (400 ° C). Thus, the blade becomes almost 100% recyclable. The monomer obtained after treatment is 99.8% pure! We can thus indefinitely, remake other blades! Thanks and have a good day!

[@TemesgenB]

how we get the mechanical properties of this blade? please help me

[@timothyhargreaves8088]

Send me some matrix- I would like to try it out in our workshop at AmuSyd, Denmark.

[@princevegeta72]

Well all the people says this blade is so amazing... But what does it do and how is it different ...?

[@ArkemaGroup]

Hello Prince Vegeta ! Indeed this resin is amazing! If you want to learn more, go right here 👉 arke.ma/jZW830rv6L8

[@scottpeters1142]

If you repurpose the materials through recycling, you're redistributing the non-degradable material. But in the process, replacement wind turbine blades will need to be manufactured, creating more non-degradable material.. This is similar to the issue we have now with the production of new plastic materials simply because the cost of processing recycled plastics into usable material is higher than buying new plastic pellets. So you're just creating more and more non-degradable material without addressing the issue. Can you use your products recycled materials to produce your product or do you need new materials to create new replacement blades.. Got you there don't I..?

[@brentevje5939]

You still can't put up a wind turbine with out tax credits when you can let us know?