Project cooperationUpdated on 2 July 2025

Rebondwind

Pedro Fernandes

Researcher at Fraunhofer IFAM

Bremen, Germany

About

This project focuses on developing sustainable solutions for wind turbine rotor blades using vitrimer-based materials. It aims to enhance the recyclability and end-of-life management of blades through innovative design, recycling, and debonding technologies. By leveraging the dynamic properties of vitrimers, the project seeks to create rotor blades that are easier to repair, recycle, and disassemble, contributing to a circular and environmentally friendly wind energy industry.

Stage

  • Early idea

Topic

  • Data technologies | (AI based) Material and Product Design, Decomposition and Separation
  • Enabling technologies | (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing

Similar opportunities

  • Project cooperation

    Wind Turbine Blades Re-purposing

    • Early idea
    • Enabling technologies | (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
    • Enabling technologies | Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management – e.g., Digital Twin / Digital Product Passport
    • Enabling technologies | AI-driven diagnostic systems, e.g., for assessing the viability of reused, remanufactured, and recycled components

    Nilgun Side Kurtcu

    R&D Projects and Collaborations Manager at Zorlu Enerji

    İstanbul, Türkiye

  • Project cooperation

    KiriCore - core material based on Kiri wood

    Martin Hein

    CEO at Polownia Sp. z o.o. | KiriCore Sustainable Materials

    Zborowskie, Poland

  • Expertise

    Joining technologies as enablers for improving eco-design and circular business models.

    • Industry 4.0 technologies
    • Manufacturing and machine learning
    • (AI based) Material and Product Design
    • (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
    • Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management

    Michael Heilig

    Reasearch group leader "adhesive bonding and surface technology" at SKZ - German Plastics Center

    Würzburg, Germany