In September 2024, six teams were named grand prize winners of the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize, and each team was awarded $500,000 in cash prizes and $100,000 in technical vouchers. But what’s next for these teams, and how has the prize impacted their journeys?
A new NREL article dives into the stories of four of the prize winners – Cimentaire, WIND REWIND, Critical Materials Recycling, and Fletcher Team – to share details about the teams, their wind turbine recycling technologies, and their future plans. The profiles offer a closer look at the teams’ experiences competing in the prize as well as how they are using their winnings to progress their work.
Read the full article to learn more about how these innovators are shaping the future of wind energy recycling and commercializing solutions to grow the U.S. wind turbine recycling ecosystem.
