#234 REFRESH Project Live Talk: Advancing Wind Turbine Blade Circularity

🌍 Announcing Our REFRESH Project Live Talk – Presented in Partnership with The European Composites Industry Association; EuCIA & its ECCA movementI’m excited to share something special with you.As an official media partner of EUCIA’s private initiative, the European Circular Composites Alliance (ECCA), I’m honored to bring breakthrough European sustainability projects directly to our composites communities.Today, I’m proud to present the first of these: REFRESH.🔄 About REFRESHWind energy is one of Europe’s cleanest power sources — but wind turbine blades remain one of the industry’s most complex end‑of‑life challenges. While most of a turbine is already recyclable, blades made from durable composite materials require smarter, scalable solutions.The EU‑funded REFRESH project is tackling this challenge head‑on. It spans the entire blade‑to‑new‑product value chain:• Smart dismantling and cutting• Shredding, sorting, and recycling innovations• Mechanical, thermal, and microwave‑assisted recovery processes• Conversion of non‑recyclable residues• New products designed with secondary materials• LCA, LCC, and a blockchain‑based traceability platformREFRESH is not just a research project — it’s a blueprint for Europe’s transition to circular composite materials. And with these countries involved truly European:BelgiumFranceItalyNorwaySpain👥 Meet the PanelistsI’m delighted to welcome experts from across Europe who are shaping this transformation:RAPHAEL PLEYNET (EuCIA) – Project communication & disseminationDaniel Grisenti (RINA) – Project coordination & sustainabilityJean-Baptiste STREHAIANO (ETAT9) – Smart blade cuttingGiorgio Betteto (Gees Recycling) – Mechanical recycling into structural panelsMarcin Rusin (Gjenkraft AS) – Thermal recycling & fibre recoveryGonzalo Murillo Ciordia (CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico) – Microwave‑assisted pyrolysis & solvolysisJan Kašpar (Enecolab Srl) – Thermochemical conversion of dust & finesAndrea Tinti (CETMA) – New products from secondary raw materialsAnurag Bansal (ACCIONA Construcción) – Recycled composites in constructionIoana Muntean (RINA) – LCA of processes and productsDavid Garcia Estevez (TECNALIA Research & Innovation) – Blockchain traceability & decision algorithmsREFRESH is the first of two EUCIA/ECCA project presentations I’ll be hosting this spring.YouTube Episode: https://youtube.com/live/cU1Ovbvhv3I?feature=share