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Startup to launch commercial-scale operation of wind turbine blade recycling

Utility Dive · Diana DiGangi · last updated

After it expands production, REGEN Fiber expects to be able to recycle more than 30,000 tons of blade materials per year.

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Decades of government support for the development of wind energy has resulted in lower costs and a rapidly growing share of electricity generated by wind turbines. Wind in 2019 accounted for 7.3 percent of electrical generation, surpassing for the first time hydropower at 7.0 percent. 

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