#234 REFRESH Project Live Talk: Advancing Wind Turbine Blade Circularity

Announcing Our REFRESH Project Live Talk – Presented in
Partnership with The European Composites Industry
Association; EuCIA & its ECCA movement

I’m excited to share something special with you.

As an official media partner of EUCIA’s private initiative, the
European Circular Composites Alliance (ECCA), I’m honored to
bring breakthrough European sustainability projects directly to
our composites communities.

Today, I’m proud to present the first of these: REFRESH.

About REFRESH

Wind energy is one of Europe’s cleanest power sources — but wind
turbine blades remain one of the industry’s most complex
end‑of‑life challenges. While most of a turbine is already
recyclable, blades made from durable composite materials require
smarter, scalable solutions.

The EU‑funded REFRESH project is tackling this challenge head‑on.
It spans the entire blade‑to‑new‑product value chain:

• Smart dismantling and cutting
• Shredding, sorting, and recycling innovations
• Mechanical, thermal, and microwave‑assisted recovery
processes
• Conversion of non‑recyclable residues
• New products designed with secondary materials
• LCA, LCC, and a blockchain‑based traceability platform

REFRESH is not just a research project — it’s a blueprint for
Europe’s transition to circular composite materials. And with
these countries involved truly European:

Belgium
France
Italy
Norway
Spain

Meet the Panelists

I’m delighted to welcome experts from across Europe who are
shaping this transformation:

RAPHAEL PLEYNET (EuCIA) – Project communication
& dissemination
Daniel Grisenti (RINA) –
Project coordination & sustainability
Jean-Baptiste STREHAIANO
(ETAT9) – Smart blade cutting
Giorgio Betteto (Gees
Recycling) – Mechanical recycling into structural
panels
Marcin Rusin (Gjenkraft AS) –
Thermal recycling & fibre recovery
Gonzalo Murillo Ciordia (CIRCE - Centro
Tecnológico) – Microwave‑assisted pyrolysis &
solvolysis
Jan Kašpar (Enecolab Srl) – Thermochemical
conversion of dust & fines
Andrea Tinti (CETMA) – New
products from secondary raw materials
Anurag Bansal (ACCIONA
Construcción) – Recycled composites in
construction
Ioana Muntean (RINA) – LCA of
processes and products
David Garcia Estevez (TECNALIA Research
& Innovation) – Blockchain traceability &
decision algorithms

REFRESH is the first of two EUCIA/ECCA project presentations I’ll
be hosting this spring.

YouTube Episode:
https://youtube.com/live/cU1Ovbvhv3I?feature=share