Eco-efficient decommissioning of wind turbine blades through on-site material shredding and separation

Informations projet

EcoBlade

N° de convention de subvention: 778847

DOI

10.3030/778847

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 21 Septembre 2017

Date de début 1 Août 2017

Date de fin 31 Juillet 2019

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Coût total

€ 1 992 000,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 1 394 400,00

Coordonné par

FRANDSEN INDUSTRI HOLDING APS
Denmark

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - EcoBlade (Eco-efficient decommissioning of wind turbine blades through on-site material shredding and separation)

Période du rapport: 2018-08-01 au 2019-07-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

The issue being addressed is the very expensive and environmentally harmful transportation of wind turbine blades that are decommisioned. Instead the decommisioned wind turbine blades are fine cut on site and can be carried away in tip trailers or walking floor trailers (standard systems) requiring much less vehicles and much less time. We can see that we at the present time can fulfill the target in our project EcoBlade in connection with Horizon 2020. It has been proved that there is a large demand for the solution of the problems that are the issue of our project as there is currently no solution for fine cutting turbine blades on site.

It is very important for the society that the material can be recycled in an environmentally optimal way with af very much lower consumption of energy.

The overall objective is that the wind turbine industry can look forward to obtaining a circular economy and reduce road transportation and pollution.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

We are now halfway through the project. We have reached the state defined in the WPs.

We can also see from the information we have got on the markets we have visited that there is another large potential of the plant than the one originally designated.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

We have produced a test unit. The result of the test has been very satisfactory. The original goal of 40 t total weight has not been achieved. Instead we have reached a total weight of 150 t. The challenges because of this have been solved in satisfactory manner. Apart from the original goal of solving af problem for the wind turbine industry, it has been proven to us that we can solve a major waste issue in overseas markets.

Fine cutter test machine