Blade2Poly Kick-Off Meeting on September 17, 2026, at the Composite Circularity Lab in Leipzig (from left to right): Andrej Fehler (HTWK), Dr. Philipp Johst (HTWK), Olaf Thannheiser (KomRec-ReCond), Christian Schmaus (Schmaus Kunststoffaufbereitung), Prof. Robert Böhm (HTWK – participating online, not pictured) © HTWK Leipzig from 18 September 2026 Launch of the Blade2Poly project | High-quality recycling of end-of-life wind turbine blades As part of this project, the research group at HTWK Leipzig is working on the development of an energy-efficient recycling process for end-of-life… more information
Photo collage: Zschiebsch and Johst’s doctoral defenses, August 2026 at TU Dresden; Prof. Böhm in the center © HTWK Leipzig from 17 August 2026 Successful PhD theses in the field of lightweight construction Dr.-Ing. Willi Zschiebsch and Dr.-Ing. Philipp Johst have successfully completed their PhDs at TU Dresden more information
from 21 April 2026 Project start ReComCret | Glass fibre concrete from old wind turbine rotor blades Interdisciplinary research project - the teams "Sustainable Construction" (Faculty of Civil Engineering) and "Composite Circularity Lab" (Faculty of… more information
Laborführung während des 3. Internationalen Workshops in Athen im Rahmen des Projektes Eurecomp, © NTUA/Eurecomp from 26 March 2025 EU joint project EuReComp | Interim results at the review meeting Athens, March 2025 - At the official review meeting, two EU representatives assessed, among other things, the project progress and the realistic… more information
from 27 January 2025 New Saxon validation project launched to reuse old wind turbine rotor blade structures The ValidFloatingPV project of the Faculty of Engineering is developing a large-scale demonstrator for floating solar systems (floating PV) with… more information
from 08 January 2025 "Composite Circularity Lab" and "Advanced Materials and Structures Lab" founded Two new labs of the Faculty of Engineering's Lightweight Construction research group more information
Forschungsaufenthalt beim KIST in Jeonbuk (Südkorea): Philipp Johst (HTWK Leipzig) und Dr. Wonjin Na (KIST) bei Ihren Experimenten zum Rotorblatt-Recycling © Dr. Wonjin Na (KIST), Philipp Johst (HTWK Leipzig) from 29 August 2024 Rotor blade recycling | Research visit to the South Korean institute KIST HTWK scientist Philipp Johst was a guest at KIST in South Korea for two months more information
Solarmodul mit umfunktioniertem Rotorblatt-Schwimmsegment from 10 June 2024 Rotorblatt-Recycling Die Energiewende hat die Windkraftindustrie stark vorangetrieben. Nach 20 bis 25 Jahren Lebensdauer werfen die ausgedienten Rotorblätter aus… more information
Abbildung 2: PV-flaoting System mit umfunktioniertem Rotorblatt Schwimmsegment © Philipp Johst, HTWK Leipzig from 12 September 2023 EU joint project EuReComp | HTWK research team presents PV floating system at progress meeting At the progress and review meeting on 11 and 12 September 2023 in Porto, Prof. Böhm and Philipp Johst presented their PV floating demonstrator more information
M.Eng. M.A. Philipp Johst während seines Beitrags zum Thema: „R6-Strategy within EuReComp“ © Prof. Robert Böhm HTWK Leipzig from 25 April 2023 EU joint project | First EuReComp project results presented at the Open Workshop On 20 April 2023, the first open workshop as part of the EU project EuReComp took place at the Technical University of Dresden. more information
