Reporting in the journal, Resource, Conservation, and Recycling, the team of researchers cut the lightweight material that is commonly used in wind turbine blades, called glass fiber-reinforced ...

Recycling massive wind turbine blades can be difficult because they're built from sturdy materials to weather the elements ...

Wind energy is booming. But there are some problems too. The huge wind turbines are made up of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), which presents a tough recycling challenge once they’ve served ...

GFRP is a natural insulator. Its electrical non-conductivity makes it ideal for use in power plants, substations ...

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Researchers developed a process to recycle glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), a common material in wind turbine blades. They cut the lightweight material into two-inch blocks, soaked them in ...

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Left: wind turbine blade waste; Middle: treated and dried wind turbine blade glass-fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP); Right: injection-molded plastic containing 70% recycled GFRP (photo by WSU).