Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that decommissioned wind turbine blades are able to be recycled.

Turbines are largely made from non-hazardous materials such as steel and copper and around 85-90% of a turbine is recyclable. Industry is working to develop innovative ways of recycling or reusing the remaining percentage, such as by making cement.

The Government wants to expedite recycling research and has recently made grants available, including a £13 million funding round from the UKRI for “Research to advance UK recycling capabilities”, and is currently exploring wider enabling policy options to support the sector in embedding greater circularity throughout the lifecycle of wind assets.