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The US Department of Energy has announced a set of topic areas that support projects focused on sustainability and recyclability in the wind turbine industry. The three topics are:
Topic Area 1: Enabling Sustainable Wind Turbine Components: This topic aims to reduce the environmental impact of wind turbine components by developing designs and materials that are easier to recycle and reuse.
Topic Area 2: Enabling Wind Turbine Material Recycling and Reuse Processes: This topic aims to develop novel processing technologies and techniques to enhance the recyclability and sustainability of wind turbine materials.
Topic Area 3: Recycled and Recyclable Material Qualification: This topic aims to develop certification standards and characterization methodologies to qualify and certify new recycled materials for wind energy technologies.
The projects under these topic areas should demonstrate sustainability and recyclability advantages, cost reduction, proof of operational reliability, and improvements in sustainability. The topic areas are intended to de-risk innovative sustainable and recyclable wind turbine component designs and materials, accelerate broad commercial acceptance of these designs, and provide a path to commercial viability for wind energy sustainability.