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Taiwanese Company Makes Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades to Solve Waste Issue - Bloomberg

Oct 26, 2024Oct 26, 2024

Carbon-fiber composite made for wind blades stored at the Swancor Holding Co., factory in Nantou, Taiwan, in February.

As more wind turbines get deployed, the industry is turning to a new wave of materials to ensure blades don’t end up in landfills or incinerators.

Growing up in a poor village in the mountains of central Taiwan, Robert Tsai would have to walk more than two hours to bring buckets of clean drinking water back to their family home.

“That taught me the value of natural resources,” Tsai said. “Every drop has a cost.”