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Wind power is becoming an ever more dominant force in global electricity grids. But it's 'dirty secret' is that the turbine blades are currently almost impossible to recycle. Now a team at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) claims to have used plant-based biomass to create blades that can be completely broke down at the end of their operational lifetime and refabricated into new products. So, how do they do that then?
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Global Wind power infographic from VISUAL CAPITALIST
visualcapitalist.com/the-largest-producers-of-wind-power-by-country
Link to NREL paper
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5395
cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(23)00563-5
Turbine waste in 2050
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956053X17300491
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Wind power is becoming an ever more dominant force in global electricity grids. But it's 'dirty secret' is that the turbine blades are currently almost impossible to recycle. Now a team at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) claims to have used plant-based biomass to create blades that can be completely broke down at the end of their operational lifetime and refabricated into new products. So, how do they do that then?
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Global Wind power infographic from VISUAL CAPITALIST
visualcapitalist.com/the-largest-producers-of-wind-power-by-country
Link to NREL paper
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5395
cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(23)00563-5
Turbine waste in 2050
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956053X17300491
Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators
zentouro:
youtube.com/user/zentouro
Climate Adam:
youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute:
youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience
Levi Hildebrand:
youtube.com/user/The100LH
Simon Clark:
youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karvner:
youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Jack Harries:
youtube.com/user/JacksGap
Beckisphere: youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
Our Changing Climate :
youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ
