Swancor partners with Siemens Gamesa, RWE for large-scale RecyclableBlade implementation

Source | Siemens Gamesa

Swancor (Nantou, Taiwan) has been working with Siemens Gamesa (Zamudio, Spain) and global energy company RWE (Essen, Germany) to develop the epoxy resin that will be featured in offshore wind farm Sofia’s recyclable blades. The blades, measuring 108 meters in length, will be installed on Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 wind turbines. When completed, the wind farm will have a total installed capacity of 1,400 megawatts (MW) and a power output of up to 14 MW per turbine.

These wind blades, termed RecyclaBlades, use Swancor’s recyclable epoxy resin, produced at its Taiwan facility. Fifty of Sofia’s 100 wind turbines are to be equipped with the technology, increasing the wind farm’s recyclability rate to more than 90%. This achievement makes RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm the world’s first to implement RecyclableBlade at commercial scale, Swancor reports, aiming to break the long-standing industry challenge of end-of-life blade disposal.

“Seeing RecyclableBlade being installed at Sofia proves that recyclable resin technology is no longer just a laboratory innovation but a real-world application on a world-class offshore wind project,” notes Aden Tsai, Swancor Holding general manager. “Moving forward, Swancor Holdings will continue to serve as a strategic investor in sustainable industries, dedicated to deepening our expertise in innovative technologies and key sectors. Through a diversified global layout, we are committed to driving the industry's green transformation and achieving operational stability and resilience for the group.”

Looking ahead, Swancor will continue to invest in innovation and R&D, and strengthen its international collaboration to achieve the company’s net-zero and circular economy goals.