In the German North Sea, RWE's Kaskasi II wind farm has officially started regular operations after completing all the necessary tests.
It has a capacity of 342 MW, and its blades are the first in the world to be recycled at the end of their service life, according to PowerTechnology.
It is noted that these blades are made using the revolutionary RecyclableBlade technology.
The article emphasized that this wind farm will contribute to the achievement of Germany's goal of installing 20 GW of offshore wind power capacity by 2030 and 40 GW by 2040.
The wind farm is expected to produce enough energy to meet the needs of 400,000 households per year. Its service life will be at least 25 years.
The material said that the power plant is located approximately 35 km north of Heligoland and consists of 38 wind turbines. The turbines also feature a Direct Drive platform that provides stability and reduces the costs and risks associated with these sites.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that the Danish wind turbine giant Vestas has announced a new chemical solution that will allow breaking and recycling wind turbine blades made of strong epoxy resin.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, an analysis by clean energy researchers from BloombergNEF showed that the growth rate of the wind energy industry in 2022 fell to the lowest level in three years.
