Wind energy: New industry standard for dismantling, removal, recycling and recovery

Uniform standards for the dismantling and recycling of wind turbines are available for the first time: On July 17, 2020, the German Institute for Standardization will publish DIN SPEC 4866, which is to become the industry standard. On the initiative of the industry association RDRWind e. V., a consortium of 25 companies spent a year developing this document. This included experts from the wind energy industry, recycling experts, scientists and employees of authorities such as the Federal Environment Agency. Also involved was the Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) gGmbH, which provided the impetus with its research on the dismantling of wind turbines.