Lastest Developments

The demonstration of the mechanical recycling process of end-of-life rotor blades has been completed at GAIKER’s facilities in Bizkaia. By means of physical-mechanical conditioning and separation stages a concentrate of glass fibre has been obtained with suitable characteristics to be recycled as a reinforcement in concretes. A by-product composed by a heterogeneous mixture of ground materials (short fibres, foams, resins) has been also obtained to be recycled as cores in multilayer panels.

Currently, the development of the demonstrative prototypes based on the recycled materials is in progress: precast concrete elements and multilayer panels.

Monitoring meeting of LIFE-BRIO project at TECNALIA in Derio (Bizkaia)

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Iberdrola, GAIKER-IK4 y Tecnalia realizan en Bilbao una demostración sobre los resultados del proyecto BRIO
• Este proyecto ha creado un nuevo sistema para el reciclaje de palas de los aerogeneradores provenientes de los parques eólicos
• La iniciativa se aplicará en las palas de los aerogeneradores que se tengan que sustituir por una avería y en los parques eólicos que alcancen el fin de su vida útil

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Monitoring meeting of LIFE-BRIO project at TECNALIA in Derio (Bizkaia)

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Palas eólicas más sostenibles
En las dos últimas décadas el sector de la energía eólica ha ido creciendo de forma constante en Europa. En los próximos años, las primeras generaciones de aerogeneradores habrán alcanzado el final de su vida útil y/o deberán ser sustituidos por nuevos modelos más eficaces.

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Monitoring meeting of LIFE-BRIO project at GAIKER-IK4 in Zamudio (Bizkaia)

Pilot experience of mechanical pretreatment of end-of-life wind turbine rotor blades: cutting down and coarse shredding

In the frame of LIFE-BRIO project a pilot experience of pretreatment of end-of-life wind turbine rotor blades has been carried in Glasgow (UK). This demonstration of mechanical recycling has consisted of cutting down the rotor blades into smaller pieces using a hydraulic shear and coarse shredding of the blades fragments. Afterwards, this recycling process will be completed subjecting the shredded material to specific conditioning and separation stages in order to recover resources for new applications.