Recycling
U.K. wind turbine blade recycling project, PRoGrESS, commences
The three-year project seeks to deliver a circular model for wind turbine blades with the building of the U.K.’s first recycling pilot plant and commercialization of University of Strathclyde’s recycling method.
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Gen 2 Carbon forms strategic partnership with Deakin University to lead multimillion recycling initiative
The newly formed enterprise is part of Deakin’s “Recycling and Renewable Energy Commercialisation Hub” (REACH). Feedstock will be processed from a variety of waste streams throughout Australia.
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High-performance sustainability and cost-efficiency advance with HiPerDiF
In the latest chapter of the HiPerDiF (High Performance Discontinuous Fibre) story, commercial production is on the near horizon for high-performance composite materials that are both sustainable and formable, leading to simpler, more cost-efficient composites manufacturing.
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Cannon Ergos collaborates with Boeing to mold thermoplastic aircraft sidewall panels
Mold trials study the feasibility of using recycled carbon fiber, whether impregnated with diverse resins, or already integrated within a thermoplastic matrix.
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CompPair and Decathlon successfully complete composite recycling project
Manufacture of a shoe sole demonstrated the reclamation of continuous fibers with more than 80% of their original flexural strength. Both companies are now seeking additional recycling partners.
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Fairmat reaches agreements with Siemens Gamesa, Duqueine, Tarmac Aerosave to recycle composites
Recycled carbon fiber derived from wind turbine blades and aircraft will be transported and analyzed at Fairmat’s facility for consideration in repurposed products.
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DecomBlades consortium releases specifications for disposal of composite wind blades
The Product Disposal Specifications aim to help industrialize wind blade recycling, detailing materials and components of Siemens Gamesa, Vestas and LM Wind Power blades.
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Viable routes to recycling wind turbine blades found in NCC’s sustainable wind research program
Launched SusWIND program aims to establish a viable circular supply chain to tackle the main challenges of legacy and future composite blades in the U.K.
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U.K. team successfully recycles reclaimed continuous carbon fibers from pressure tanks
The U.K.’s NCC with partners B&M Longworth and Cygnet Texkimp achieve continuous carbon fiber recovery in a significant first step to deliver sustainable composite pressure vessels for the hydrogen market.
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Voith Composites, V-Carbon to develop closed-loop solution for CFRP used in hydrogen tanks
The Voith Composites and V-Carbon partnership will accelerate growth in sustainability by enabling the reuse and a second life for carbon fiber in the pressure vessels market.
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