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📅 TODAY at the #Wind Turbine #Blade #Materials and #Recycling Forum - two presentations discussing the technologies being developed in the #REFRESH project. ▶ 14:40: Learn about the REFRESH concept for managing end-of-use blades, from dismantling to new products, and smart #traceability tool with Daniel Grisenti of RINA and Jaime Moreno Juez of TECNALIA Research & Innovation. ▶ 15:20: Hear about thermochemical recycling of blades assisted by #microwave heating, with Ignacio Julián of CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico. Not at the conference? Discover more at refresh-project.eu ℹ The REFRESH partners: ACCIONA | CETMA | CIRCE | Enecolab Srl | The European Composites Industry Association; EuCIA | ETAT9 | Gees Recycling | Gjenkraft AS | MTB | RINA | TECNALIA Leadvent Energy #windbladerecycling #composites #compositematerials #windblades #windturbines #circulareconomy #valuechain #wastetoresource #REFRESHprojectEU #EUresearch CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

[PROJECT UPDATE] REFRESH is mainly focused on #recycling and #repurposing strategies (end-of-life approach) for end-of-use wind turbine blades, but the eco-design approach is also being applied to a wide range of re-manufactured products from the EoL blades. Among these new products other components for wind energy sector are being considered. Our partner CETMA is leader of Work Package 6: Circular by Design, which deals with the project’s design for #circularity strategy and life cycle assessment (#LCA) activities. As part of this work CETMA is developing the REFRESH #ecodesign strategy.   During the first year of the project, CETMA has made great progress formulating circular eco-design guidelines for the manufacturing of new products based on secondary raw materials resulting from the REFRESH recycling processes. The focus has been on three areas: ✅ concept design ✅ design for recycling ✅ design for disassembly Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/esgSkfUe   ℹ The REFRESH partners: ACCIONA | CETMA | CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico | Enecolab Srl | The European Composites Industry Association; EuCIA | ETAT9 | Gees Recycling | Gjenkraft AS | MTB | RINA | TECNALIA Research & Innovation #REFRESHprojectEU #composites #compositematerials #windenergy #windblades #remanufacture #design #EUresearch | CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency | Andrea Tinti

#eco2fuel - Building a #low_carbon, climate resilient future... 🌍 ... with #large-scale low-temperature #electrochemical #CO2 #conversiosn to sustainable and #climate_neutral #efuels and #chemicals! This week, the ECO2Fuel #project team 🤝 met in Mol (Belgium) for its fifth consortium meeting. All partners from the industrial supply chain gathered to share their updates and outline the next steps to enhance our technology. Topics ranged from pilot-scale catalyst synthesis and electrochemical characterisation to ⚡stack design, component research, as well as the preparation for the upcoming demonstration, which will be held in Germany at RWE. For more information ▶ https://lnkd.in/deYd3fJ4 #efuels #EUgreendeal #EU_funded project #ECO2Fuel #SustainableEnergy #ResearchandInnovation #EnvironmentalSustainability #Electrocatalysts #stackdesign Part of ECO2Fuel: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. | RWE | Bekaert | De Nora | HyGear | ARIEMA Energía y Medioambiente | Monolithos Catalysts & Recycling Ltd. | HYDROLITE | Think11 | Meta Knowledge Consulting | Centro Ricerche Fiat | DTU - Technical University of Denmark | ITQ | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche | VITO

[ PRESS RELEASE ] Strategies to build a #circular economy for #wind energy include extending the lifespan of wind turbines, improving their recyclability, and minimising waste. The EU-funded #EOLIAN project aims to facilitate this transition by developing rotor #blades with a longer service life than current designs, which are simpler to maintain and #repair, and easier to #recycle. The EOLIAN blade will be manufactured using composite materials based on a bio-based repairable and recyclable vitrimer matrix reinforced with basalt fibres. A structural health monitoring system will be embedded into the blade to enable early detection and repair of damage. New #sustainable #vitrimer #composites – repairable, reprocessable, and easily recyclable – will provide a step change in how wind turbine blades are maintained, reused and recycled in a circular economy. Learn more in our press release ➡ https://lnkd.in/eD79gX55 ℹ The EOLIAN partners: Proplast | AEP Polymers | Brunel Composites Centre (BCC) | Entelea | IRES | Norvento Enerxía | Politecnico di Milano | Tekniker | The European Composites Industry Association; EuCIA | Zorlu Energy Group #windenergy #windturbines #blades #composites #compositematerials #circulareconomy #sustainability #recycling #vitrimers #naturalfibres #basaltfibres #sensors #SHM #structuralhealthmonitoring #EUresearch #innovation #europe CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

[EVENT] WindEnergy Hamburg starts next week and our partner Gjenkraft AS is exhibiting at the event. 📌 Visit the Gjenkraft team on Stand 515 in Hall A3 to find out about their technology for #recycling wind turbine #blades and see products developed using recycled materials. ▶ Learn more about Gjenkraft's role in #REFRESH, the EU-funded project developing a #smart, #circular solution for end-of-use turbine blades to advance the #sustainability of the wind industry 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gV_eTQA7 ℹ The REFRESH partners: ACCIONA | CETMA | CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico | Enecolab Srl | The European Composites Industry Association; EuCIA | ETAT9 | Gees Recycling | Gjenkraft | MTB | RINA | TECNALIA Research & Innovation #WindEnergyHamburg #windenergy #circulareconomy #sustainability #turbineblades #compositematerials #recycling #REFRESHprojectEU #EUresearch #innovation

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[ #EoLIS2024 ] Meet #REFRESH at WindEurope's End-of-Life Issues and Strategies seminar next month! ♻ Advances in #wind turbine #blade #recycling technologies  📅 Wednesday 4th December 🕚 11:45-12:45 📍 Room G3 This conference session will provide updates on new projects and the latest progress on ongoing ones. Giorgio Betteto of Gees Recycling will present the REFRESH concept for recycling composite materials from end-of-use blades. REFRESH covers the entire value chain, from blade preparation (cutting, shredding, materials sorting), through recycling (mechanical, thermal) and repurposing, to ecodesign of new products using the recycled materials. A traceability platform is also being developed. Learn more here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gECuwZyk ℹ The REFRESH partners: ACCIONA | CETMA | CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico | Enecolab Srl | The European Composites Industry Association; EuCIA | ETAT9 | Gees Recycling | Gjenkraft AS | MTB | RINA | TECNALIA Research & Innovation #EoLIS #windenergy #windblades #recycling #reuse #circulareconomy #composites #compositematerials #EUresearch CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

[MEET OUR PARTNERS] This week we’d like to introduce you to our Norwegian partner Gjenkraft AS. 🔷 Gjenkraft offers recycling services for #composites waste generated by the #wind energy and other sectors. It sells the recovered materials for use in new products. The company’s advanced thermal treatment process enables the #recovery of glass fibres, carbon fibres and synthetic fuels. Gjenkraft is actively promoting the sustainable #recycling of wind turbine #blades and developing new products using these materials. 🔷 In the REFRESH project Gjenkraft will design and deploy an upgrade to its pilot plant to recycle the composite materials from wind blades. These plans are progressing really well, and the design phase is nearly complete – stay tuned for more updates! 🗨 “What really sets our process apart is our capability to extract valuable products that are in demand in the market – a demand that we help create through our collaborations with partners.” Marcin Rusin, co-owner, Gjenkraft Find out more about Gjenkraft and its role in REFRESH 👉 https://lnkd.in/gV_eTQA7   ℹ The REFRESH partners: ACCIONA | CETMA | CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico | Enecolab Srl | The European Composites Industry Association; EuCIA | ETAT9 | Gees Recycling | Gjenkraft | MTB | RINA | TECNALIA Research & Innovation  #REFRESHprojectEU #windenergy #turbineblades #compositematerials #glassfibre #carbonfibre #thermalrecycling #pyrolysis  #EUresearch #innovation #meetourpartners #CINEA

Looking forward to this week’s Foresight NetZero Live 2024. We’re part of the line up of the conference that focuses on solutions to accelerate the reduction and removal of carbon emissions to reach net zero. Dr. Christel Croft – our XLR8 CCS Project Manager – will take to the stage during the event to outline the key role our next generation carbon capture technology is playing in decarbonising industries.   https://lnkd.in/d87hWM6x More details on our pioneering XLR8 CCS project which is demonstrating the compatibility of our carbon capture technology in three hard-to-abate industries – glass, cement and energy from waste – here https://lnkd.in/eGjKxa9G #XLR8CCS #cleantech #CCS #CCUS #BECCS #nextgentech #climatechange #netzero #climatetechnology #IndustrialDebacarbonisation #CarbonCapture #ClimateSolutions #decarbonisation

We have pleasure to introduce Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) next sponsor of our CO2 Capture, Storage & Reuse 2024. Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) is the world's largest and most flexible test center for the verification of technologies for CO2 capture and a leading competence center in this field. TCM is an important part of Norway's contribution in the fight against climate change. TCM promotes carbon capture technology testing and verification as a vital tool to accelerate the green transition by bridging technology developers, project owners, applied R&D and its unique capabilities. Their main task is to test, verify and demonstrate different carbon capture technologies to de-risk them and accelerate its scale up and deployment on commercial scale. They also offer unique consultancy services for carbon capture projects based on TCMs know-how from non-proprietary testing. The aim is to facilitate the widespread deployment of carbon capture technology to decarbonize industries and energy production systems. Meet the team at the exhibition in Copenhagen. #fortesccsr2024 #carboncapture #co2utilization #co2emissions