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AMERICA - The consortium is headed by GE, the world's largest manufacturer of thermoplastic blades, which serves as an example of a fully recyclable wind turbine blade.

Wind power is making an important contribution to helping people completely eliminate fossil fuels in the future, but the thermosetting plastic compounds in current wind turbines cannot be recycled. According to a study by Cambridge University, waste fan blades around the world by 2050 will amount to 43 million tons. GE's Zero Waste Blade Research (ZEBRA) project seeks to find more sustainable materials in the form of thermoplastics.

The 62 m long propeller prototype is made of Elium synthetic plastic from materials from Arkema company. This is a glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic. Not only is it completely recyclable, the compound also provides performance equivalent to thermosetting plastics, which are ultra-light and highly durable.

Through a chemical recycling method, GE can depolymerize the material, turning it into a new synthetic plastic for reuse. In the coming weeks, wind power company LM Wind Power will begin structural testing to confirm the performance of the blades. They will then test the recycling method later this year.

“With this project, we are solving two challenges in the industry. On the one hand, we promote the Zero Waste Blades project's goal of preventing and recycling waste. On the other hand, we take turbine blade recycling to a new level. Thermoplastic blades have high value and can be used in many other industries,” said John Korsgaard, director of LM Wind Power.

According to VnExpress

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