WiseWind: New generation of sustainable wind turbine blades

The WISEWIND project focuses on developing new blade materials, which will ensure re-processability, easy reparability and repeated recyclability of blades. New generation of recyclable wind turbine blades, based on vitrimer resins, is developed, on the basis of a digital twin of blade materials “from cradle to cradle”.

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Contact

Leon Mishnaevsky Jr. Senior Scientist Department of Wind and Energy Systems

Contact

Justine Beauson Development Engineer Department of Wind and Energy Systems

Work Packages

  • WP1: “Development of new generation of sustainable composites”
  • WP2: “Digital twin for sustainable blade composites from cradle to cradle”
  • WP3: “Optimization and evaluation of manufacturing technology”
  • WP4: “Recycling technology for new generation of composites”
  • WP5: “Sustainability analysis”

Consortium

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DTU Wind

DTU Wind

- is the world’s largest public research institute for wind energy, internationally recognized as being in the forefront of wind energy technology worldwide and in the Danish wind energy research. DTU Wind is co-leading the new IEA Wind Task 45, an international network dedicated to the recycling of wind turbine blades. DTU Wind has also extensive knowledge and expertise in composite manufacturing and wind turbine blade design and testing.

Siemens Gamesa

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE)

- is the second largest wind energy company, with 16 GW globally installed wind turbines, 6000 employees. SGRE also developed the world first recyclable wind turbine blades.
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ReFlow

ReFlow ApS

- is an environmental consultancy firm that has combined its expertise in Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) and Circular Economy with a high-powered software solution that makes it possible to conduct ISO-certified LCA calculations of complex systems saving 80% time compared to using the traditional modeling tools.

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