New Prize To Propel Wind Turbine Materials Recycling, News
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The newly launched Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize, a $5.1 million competition administered by NREL, aims to help the country develop a cost-effective and sustainable domestic recycling industry for two high-impact categories of wind turbine materials to create a circular U.S. wind energy economy.
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Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize Overview
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Building Better Blades: Renewed Funding Supports Wind Turbine
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New designs make recycling wind turbine blades easier. - ASME
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Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize
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RENEWABLE ENERGY FINDS SECOND WIND WITH RECYCLABLE TURBINE BLADES
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End of wind power waste? Vestas unveils blade recycling technology
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Wind energy has a massive waste problem. New technologies may be a
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Recycling wind turbines and getting new uses out of them
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World's first wind turbine with recyclable blades is up and spinning
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