Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Recycling wind turbine blades is challenging because they are made of fibres and resin that bond strongly together. The resin is a thermoset, which undergoes a permanent change once it sets, making it impossible to melt and reshape unlike thermoplastics that can be reshaped with heat. The main difficulty in recycling comes from trying to separate the fibre and resin without damaging them, due to the resin's permanent bonding.
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Recycling wind turbine blades is challenging because they are made of fibres and resin that bond strongly together. The resin is a thermoset, which undergoes a permanent change once it sets, making it impossible to melt and reshape unlike thermoplastics that can be reshaped with heat. The main difficulty in recycling comes from trying to separate the fibre and resin without damaging them, due to the resin's permanent bonding.
If you would like to help develop the Engineering with Rosie channel, you could consider joining the Patreon community, where there is a chat community (and Patreon-only Discord server) about topics covered in the videos and suggestions for future videos and production quality improvements. patreon.com/engineeringwithrosie
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The Engineering with Rosie team is:
Rosemary Barnes: presenter, producer, writer
Javi Diez: editor linkedin.com/in/javierdiezsuarez/?locale=en_US
Fatini Nur: Research and production assistant
