Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. REGEN Fiber is using a conveyor system to process wind turbine blades into small bits that can be incorporated into concrete and ...

Des Moines company transforms windmill blades into concrete barriers ...

The recycling of wind turbine blades has been a headache for the wind industry, but scientists from MSU now claim to have found a way to recycle the blades in a number of useful products, including ...

Historically, turbines been hard to recycle. But after a long look at the issue, Renewablade is giving it a go.

BONDURANT, Iowa — Wind power is the largest source of electricity generation in Iowa, but when wind turbines reach the end of their use, most of the time they go straight to the landfill. But one ...

MURRAY COUNTY – When a 2003-vintage wind farm in southwestern Minnesota became obsolete, its owner Allete Clean Energy tore it down and built anew. The new Northern Wind project came online last month ...

Fairfax, Iowa-based logistics firm Travero says it has launched a new business unit called Regen Fiber that will deploy a “patent-pending and eco-friendly process to convert decommissioned wind ...

The wind energy industry is now facing a new challenge: what to do with old wind turbine blades when it’s time to replace them. The answer is found at a recycling plant in a historic Mississippi River ...

Wind turbine blades are difficult to recycle because of their massive size and durable material. One company is the first in the US to shred the blades so they can be used as fuel in cement-making.

A team of University of Maine (UMaine, Orono, U.S.) researchers have secured a $75,000 grant to explore recycling wind blades as feedstock for 3D printing. The award is a Phase 1 winner from the ...

Graham Construction, a 3G Company based in Des Moines, Iowa, has secured its worksite at Mercy College of Health Sciences ...