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Wind energy: New industry standard for dismantling, disassembly, recyc...
26.08.2022 | Hanover/Berlin (renewablepress) - Uniform standards for the first time exist for dismantling and recycling of wind turbines: On July 17, 2020 the German Institute for Standardization e.V. published the DIN SPEC 4866, which is to be considered as industry standard in future. On the initiative of RDRWind e.V., a consortium of 25 companies has developed this document over the period of one year. The consortium included experts from the wind energy industry, recycling experts, scientists as well as officials of authorities, such as the Federal Environment Agency. The German wind energy industry is facing a dismantling wave as of 2021. A... more...
Repowering, dismantling and recycling in the wind industry
26.08.2022 | Hannover, Essen (renewablepress) - In the wake of the end of the 20-year feed-in tariff scheme under the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), a growing number of old wind turbine generators are expected to be dismantled in the coming years. In Germany alone, some 16,0... more...