Wind turbine blades are notoriously difficult to recycle. These companies have found ways to upcycle them into new products instead bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @climate
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ReWindUCC
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ReWindUCC
@ReWindUCC
Part of the Re-Wind Network: US, IE, NI. Environmentally, Socially and Economically Sustainable Reuses for Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades.
Cork, Ireland Katılım Şubat 2019
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@AoifeMFoley @UCC @jfcryan @johbees @JerryDMurphy66 @BOGallachoir @bbcworldservice Thanks - glad to have the opportunity to spread the word on #bladerepurposing for sustainable renewable energy to a global audience via @bbcworldservice and @GraihaghJackson bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
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Re-Wind’s Paul Leahy on repurposing wind turbine blades for BBC World Service’s “The Climate ... re-wind.info/update/2023/4/… @UCC @jfcryan @johbees @JerryDMurphy66 @BOGallachoir Super to see Paul Leahy @ReWindUCC interviewed on @bbcworldservice 💪🏼💡😎👇
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New infrastructure incorporating decommissioned FRP wind turbine blades is constructable and cost-effective , new Re-Wind paper in @Sus_MDPI mdpi.com/2132278 @eriucc @gatechengineers @QUBNBE @gatechengineers , lead author Kieran Ruane @MTU_CivilEng
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Blade bridge two sided customer opportunity: waste reduction and green procurement. Angie Nagle presents at @Chairman_IWFA @eriucc
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Congratulations to our Re-Wind PhD student Angie Nagle who has won Best Paper - Environment, Pedagogy and New Frontiers streams for her contribution on #BladeBridge at @CERI_ITRN_2022 ! @gerardmullally1 @NPDunphy @eriucc @MaREIcentre @scienceirel @ruane_kieran
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Claire Ducourtieux has joined us in @eriucc as part of her Masters in Energy, Environment and Innovative Materials. @uccwindenergy @MaREIcentre
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Public EV charging costs seven times more! @brian_caulfield energylivenews.com/2022/08/16/pub…
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@Conor_Sheehy, Paul Leahy @uccwindenergy, @mlkubik @fluenceenergy tell @AltEnergyMag why US battery energy storage system BESS manufacturers are finding opportunities on the Island of Ireland #BESS #WhyIreland tinyurl.com/yt9y6ert
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Applications are open for the Daniel & Margaret Cronin Advancing Access Scholarship; aimed at PhD candidates from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds . For more info see: ucc.ie/en/sfsa/furthe…
#AccessUCC #PLUSProgramme #UCCPLUS #Scholarship @UCC #UCC
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What can you do with used wind turbine blades? New #RTEBrainstorm podcast based on an article by Peter Deeney @eriucc @UCC & Kieran Ruane @mtu_ie & voiced by Erik Threlfall - now available wherever you get your podcasts & rte.ie/brainstorm/202…
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Glass fibres from wind turbine blades could be used as supplementary cementitious material , new paper : sciencedirect.com/science/articl… - however, extracting fibres from blade GFRP is not yet justified from sustainability and economic standpoints
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@imagining2050 @EPAResearchNews final report is out: "Reconciling larger-scale and local visions of the future", critical work for the energy transition. Well done to the project team and to @gerardmullally1 and @ucc_cppu (also @ReWindUCC PIs!)
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Roadmap for deliberative engagement on transitions. Timely report from our @EPAIreland & @SEAI_ie funded @imagining2050 project led by @gerardmullally1 with amazing work from @AlexandraReves & colleagues @UCC @eriucc @uccsoc @MaREIcentre @ucc_cppu @EngineeringUCC & @QUBelfast
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Re-Wind will be featured on Pat Kenny show , Newstalk FM this morning from 10am! newstalk.com @PatKennyNT @NewstalkFM @MaREIcentre
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Deadline for abstracts extended to 24th June.🚨 Join us at the 18th Corporate Responsibility Research Conference hosted by @cleoqub, in association with @ESCP_bs, @KedgeBS and the Sustainability Research Institute @UniversityLeeds. Find out more: ow.ly/oQcy50JvS8w
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"There’s not just one way of being sustainable, and so it’s important that we find a pathway to sustainability that is fair and just" - Niall Dunphy, director @ucc_cppu @eriucc
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"There’s a common thread that runs through a lot of our work – we would describe it as the people’s relationship with energy". Dr Niall Dunphy @ucc_cppu discusses the importance of ‘energy citizenship’ in Independent Thinking magazine. #research #UCCSTEM ucc.ie/en/magazine/su…
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@TGlenane @MaREIcentre @BOGallachoir @uccwindenergy @UCC @NatureRTE @JerryDMurphy66 @MTU_ie @ruane_kieran @scienceirel @eriucc @MTU_CivilEng @QUBelfast @GeorgiaTech @TGlenane, the blades are made from thermoset plastic and glass fibre and cannot be melted down. Future blades will use recyclable materials but repurposing and reuse are higher on the waste hierarchy than recycling
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@MaREIcentre @BOGallachoir @uccwindenergy @UCC @NatureRTE @ReWindUCC @JerryDMurphy66 @MTU_ie @ruane_kieran @scienceirel @eriucc @MTU_CivilEng @QUBelfast @GeorgiaTech Why can’t the constituent materials in the #wind turbine blades be melted down and re-used to make new wind turbine blades?
Aluminium cans can be recycled an infinite number of times.
What you propose is NOT a #circulareconomy
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'Old turbine blades get a new wind'
Paul Leahy (@uccwindenergy) in #MaREI @UCC talks with @NatureRTE on sustainable reuses for decommissioned wind turbine blades - like how the @ReWindUCC project is using them to build bridges
Listen in from 34:30 bit.ly/390IyJc
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Re-Wind featured in Composites World. Larry Bank :"Repurposing does require the labor and costs involved with cutting and transporting blades [for shredding, downcycling, pyrolysis]" compositesworld.com/articles/movin… #BladeBridge #BladePole @scienceirel @eriucc
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