Recycling (Certified)
Recycling and recovery in wind turbine decommissioning
More than 90 % of a wind turbine can be recycled. As a certified waste management company (Entsorgungsfachbetrieb), we make sure every material flow is documented in a legally compliant way.
We record all material flows separately, classify them and send them to approved recycling routes. Steel, copper and aluminium are recycled, concrete is processed, and GRP rotor blades are recovered thermally and materially in the cement industry. Of course, we first try to sell as many components as possible on the secondary market.
We have been working on rotor blade recycling since 2015. In 2018 we completed what is still the largest rotor blade recycling project, with more than 1,700 tonnes.
Scope of services
- Disposal and recovery concepts
- Waste classification of all material flows
- Recycling of GRP and CFRP rotor blades
- Steel, copper and aluminium recycling
- Concrete recycling
- Weighing slips, consignment notes and certificates
Infrastructure & Site Restoration
Removing access roads and crane pads and handing over the site
Decommissioning ends with a clean site ready for handover: ready for the new turbine in a repowering project or for agricultural use.
We remove access roads, crane pads and cables that are no longer needed, or prepare them for reuse in repowering. We then backfill and recultivate the site and hand it over with complete documentation.
For every decommissioned wind turbine we also plant trees in native mixed forests, together with Planet Tree.
Scope of services
- Removal or reuse of access roads
- Removal of crane pads
- Removal of cables and transfer stations
- Backfilling and recultivation
- Coordination with landowners
- Site handover with protocol
Planning a decommissioning?