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MILESTONES OF LIFE REFIBRE PROJECT
WORKSHOP 5 LIFE REFIBRE – REFIBRE project transfer of knowledge
On 17th December 2020, the fifth and last workshop of the project LIFE REFIBRE - Transfer of the final results of the REFIBRE project was held, organized by CARTIF, with the participation of the rest of the project partners (ICCL, INCOSA, SAN GREGORIO). The objective of...
Fourth NEEMO monitoring visit
On 26th November 2020, the fourth and last project monitoring meeting was held by Josefa Diamantopoulus de Neemo. This meeting was held online by all project partners, due to COVID-19 restrictions. At the meeting, all the technical advances made in the final phase of the...
Workshop 4 LIFE REFIBRE – Uses of recycled glass fibre
On September 11st, the fourth workshop of the LIFE REFIBRE project - Uses of recycled glass fibre, organized by BLASGON, with the participation of the rest of the project partners (CARTIF, ICCL, INCOSA, SAN GREGORIO) was held. What is glass fibre? Where is it used? Is its...
Workshop 3 LIFE REFIBRE – Innovative solutions in pavements
On July 30th, thethird workshop of the LIFE REFIBRE project - From waste to resource, organized by SAN GREGORIO, with the participation of the rest of the project partners (BLASGON, CARTIF, ICCL, INCOSA) was held. LIFE REFIBRE project seeks to provide a complete vision of...
Workshop 2 LIFE REFIBRE – From waste to resource
LIFE REFIBRE project seeks a joint strategy of all its agents on Ecodesign and Circular Economy. The need to think about the environment and the people within Construction and Industry are some of the conclusions of the second workshop 'From waste to resource'. LIFE...
Second promotional video for the project
The second promotional video for the project is now available on YouTube.This video shows the main actions carried out by the project partners, as well as the most significant results obtained.We can see the video below, through the YouTube Channel of the project. It is...
NEEMO monitoring meeting
On February 26 and 27, the third project monitoring meeting was held by Josefa Diamantopoulus de Neemo in Valladolid. In the meeting, all the technical advances made since the beginning of the project were exposed, as well as all the administrative and financial aspects...
Working on the study of industrial viability
LIFE REFIBRE partners, CARTIF, Blasgon and San Gregorio, are already working together in action B.5 to carry out a study of the industrial implementation of the process developed in the project. For this, a business and exploitation...
Project monitoring meeting
Today, a technical meeting was held at Colegio de Caminos facilities in Valladolid, in which the monitoring of the road demonstrator section were discussed, as well as the following technical tasks that will be carried out in the following months . On the other hand, the...
Road demonstrator section construction with glass fibre
San Gregorio, has constructed the road demonstrator section with the glass fibre recovered from the wind turbine blades through mechanical recycling, in order to provide improved mechanical properties to road surfaces. Glass fibres have been added to the mixture in the...
Project monitoring meeting
A technical meeting was held at the INCOSA, Boecillo facilities, where all the project's advances were presented and administrative issues were discussed in view of the presentation of the Midterm Report.
Visit future road demonstration section
This morning, all project partners have been visiting the stretch of road that will be the road demonstration section where the glass fibre obtained by mechanical recycling of the wind turbine blades will be introduced. Once it has been extended, a continuous monitoring...
We keep getting fiberglass
We continue with the recycling of wind turbine blades, obtaining good yields and large amounts of fiberglass separated from the wood and in optimal conditions to enter the asphaltic firm. See more photos in Image Gallery. Obtaining large size fiberObtaining large size...
Second monitoring meeting NEEMO-IDOM
On Febrery 7th, the second monitoring meeting of LIFE REFIBRE project was held at BLASGON facilities, in Aranda de Duero (Burgos, Spain), where is located the mechanical prototype plant. During the meeting, the project team together with the NEEMO external monitor, Josefa...
LIFE REFIBRE and the city council of Zamora
The city council of Zamora offers to LIFE REFIBRE project the Industrial Estate of la Hiniesta to develope the road demostrator of the project.
LIFE REFIBRE as an innovative offer
Through this publication, public stakeholders in a different organization levels (local, regional, and national) can know the advantages that LIFE REFIBRE project can offer to the road infrastructures sector. (Click to enlarge)
LIFE REFIBRE in CONAMA
Due to the celebration of the Environmental National Congress (CONAMA), hold in Madrid, LIFE REFIBRE Project has been made known to Circular Economy stakeholders.
LIFE REFIBRE in FuturENVIRO
FuturENVIRO, a digital magazine specialized in waste treatment, publishs an article about the actions developed into the framework of LIFE REFIBRE project. You can read the complete article in the following link.
Characterization of asphalt pavement mixtures
After the realization of the asphalt pavement mixtures, its characterization is proceeding. In order to know the properties that the different formulations confer to the pavement, during this task, the manufactured witnesses are subjected to various standardized tests,...
Designing asphalt paviment mixtures with fibre
After the characterization of the milling samples we have started with the desing of the asphalt paviment mixtures. During this task we are designing and testing differents asphalt paviment mixtures to get the most suitable asphalt paviment mixtue which ensures the...
Collection of blades completed
BLASGON has already collected 12 wind turbine blades out of use, necessary for the execution of the project. All of them have been previously cut in the wind farm to facilitate the transport to their facilities. Therefore, the waste with which to work on the project is...
Firtst monitoring meeting NEEMO-IDOM / EASME
On May 25th, the first monitoring meeting of LIFE REFIBRE project was held at ICCL facilities, in Burgos (Spain). During the meeting, the project team together with the NEEMO external monitor, Josefa Diamantopoulos, and the senior project adviser at EASME, Aurelio...
LIFE REFIBRE-LIFE BRIO connection
On May 18th, LIFE REFIBRE and LIFE BRIO projects partners held a meeting in Madrid, in IBERDROLA facilities, in order to start working more closely together sharing knowledge and experiences. The result was a fruitful meeting to launch these actions.
2nd periodic meeting of the LIFE REFIBRE project
On May 3, the second follow-up meeting of the LIFE REFIBRE project was held at the CARTIF facilities, Boecillo, in which we evaluated the progess of the project and prepared the visit for the European Commission that is going to be at the end of this month.
Optimal logistic model performed
A study has been carried out to obtain an optimized logistic model, to collect the blades of wind turbine out of use from the origin and transport them to the treatment plant. The objective of this logistic model has been to maximize the efficiency of the transport of the...
First milling test
During the test, representative specimens of aerogenerator blades collected were milled in a hammer mill during differents residence time in it. Through this test, we have known the behaviour of the aerogenerator blades during this milling process in order to obtain the...
First promotional video
The first promotional video of the project is available on YouTube. It shows the main objectives, the expected results, the partners and the financial contribution of the project. You can watch it on the following link. https://youtu.be/ELT6dRlZy2U
Dissemination material is ready
We already have all the project dissemination material: Brochures, Roll-Up, poster and working folders. You can view it whitin the section Documents.
Action of gathering useless aerogenerator blades continues
Excellent work! Currently, BLASGON is working actively on gathering useless aerogenerator blades as part of work to be developed within the action B1, the creation of a logistic model for the suitable transport to the the prototype to recycle them. More pictures are...
Life Cycle Assessment. Baseline scenarios.
Life Cycle Assessment of the project`s baseline scenarios, landfill and incineration of the wind turbine blades which have reached their end of life, is already done and it includes the environmental assessment of the current situation of this waste, that it, what would...
1st periodic meeting of the LIFE REFIBRE project
On January 26, the first follow-up meeting of the LIFE REFIBRE project was held at the INCOSA facilities, Boecillo, in which the first four months of the project were evaluated.
LIFE REFIBRE kick-off meeting project
November 09, 2017, at the facilities of Instituto de la Construcción de Castilla y León, ICCL (Burgos), LIFE REFIBRE kick-off meeting project was held, financed by the European Commission through the LIFE Program, in which all members have attended. During the meeting all...