Wind energy is gaining momentum. In Europe alone, there’ll be offshore wind turbines producing around 135 gigawatts of power by 2030. The downside is that blades are going to end up on the scrap heap at the end of their...
Vattenfall is going to recycle the blades of the Irene Vorrink wind farm turbines for sports goods, building materials and parts for solar parks. Vattenfall’s goal is to be able to fully reuse blades by 2030. Irene Vorrink, one of...
To what extent is recycling being considered in the dismantling of offshore energy production facilities? On 20 April, several industry professionals will give their expert vision on this topic during the Decommissioning & Recycling edition of Offshore Seminar, in Hal4...
The 6th Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife impacts will take place from 4 – 8 April in Egmond aan Zee with physical attendance. This decision was made together with CWW’s Scientific Advisory Committee and based on this week’s decision...
ECHT regie in transitie released a new report this week, titled ‘The Circular Wind Hub: How to facilitate the wind industry to become circular? The report has been made publicly available to support and stimulate the stakeholders in wind industry...
Although wind turbine components can largely be recycled, the blades, which are mainly made of composite, are still a challenge. A consortium of parties in Eemshaven, in the north of the Netherlands, think they can do something about this. On...
Damen Shipyards Group has taken over the Skoonbox, the world’s first maritime-certified, multi-purpose battery container, from Skoon Energy. Damen will use the Skoonbox to deliver renewable power at its own yards for applications where diesel generators or ships’ engines are...
DecomMissionBlue, a partnership between various parties from the offshore sector, has been launched at the Offshore Energy 2021 exhibition in Amsterdam. The participants in this joint venture have a shared ambition to realise the efficient, fast and, crucially, sustainable decommissioning...
A Dutch-Spanish consortium consisting of Pontis Engineering, Twenco and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, kicked-off the joint UP-WELD project seeking to demonstrate the welding of thermoplastic structures of more than 100 meters long and the feasibility of recyclable blades. New developments...
Vattenfall has used the environmental cost indicator (MKI) method for the first time during the construction of its Nieuwe Hemweg wind farm in the Amsterdam port area. As a result, the construction of the wind farm has had far less...
