100% Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades - Fiction or Reality?

Wind power technologies are developing at an unprecedented pace. Soon, we might see impressive wind turbines without wings in the landscape of Lithuania. Already today, wind turbines developed by Vortex Blades can generate electricity from vibration.
However, challenges to sustainability remain. How can we fully recycle used wind turbine blades so they don't need to be buried (US) or stored in warehouses (EU)?
Just two years ago, Washington-based architect and designer Michael Mannhard unveiled BLADE YARD, a striking project of transformed wind turbine blades at BURNING MAN '21, serving as a visual warning against climate change and the threat of plastic landfills.
Until recently, the widely held belief that recycling wind turbine blades was impossible has been disproved by Danish wind industry giant Vestas. Together with partners—epoxy resin manufacturer OLIN, the Danish Institute of Technology, and Aarhus University—they have taken the last technological step towards the complete recycling of wind turbine blades by breaking down thermosetting composites and separating the fiber and epoxy.
A coalition of industry and academic leaders has developed new technology that will enable the application and development of a circular economy in the wind industry.
We are thrilled with the leadership of our partner!