Wind turbine blades must become 100% recyclable by 2025
WindEurope said the EU should ban landfilling of decommissioned wind turbine blades by 2025 and vowed to work on recycling solutions
GE Renewable Energy to supply Cypress units for 51 MW wind farm in Turkey
GE Renewable Energy has been selected by Sanko Enerji to supply GE’s 4.8 MW Cypress Units for the 51 MW Gazi 9 Wind Farm in Turkey and will be providing a 10-years Full-Service Agreement. Located in Çanakkale, Turkey, the 51 MW wind farm will generate enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of 100,000 homes […]
TRC’s R3FIBER offers reduced carbon footprint of composites
Some 300,000 turbine blades have already been dumped in EU landfills, with 40,000 more generated by the wind industry every year. Blades, but also boats, planes, and cars, are manufactured from fiber reinforced composites. These components have a high environmental impact, to name only one problem they create. These issues are being tackled by Spanish […]
Wind turbine collapsed amid high winds on island of Pag
One of seven wind turbines on the island of Pag, in Croatia, collapsed after high winds hit this Croatian island on Friday. So far, the exact cause of the turbine collapse is unknown, but it is assumed that one blade had broken first, which disturbed the balance of the construction, Croatian media reported. On Friday, […]
LM Wind Power inaugurates wind turbine blades plant in Bergama, Turkey
LM Wind Power, a wind turbine blades manufacturer recently acquired by GE Renewable Energy, has started production at its new factory in Bergama in Turkey. The factory is designed to produce and distribute an annual capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) with the capability to expand to 1.5 gigawatts (GW), LM Wind Power announced on its […]