General questions
I see that you are planning a plant, have already started the permitting process?
Yes, we have already started the permitting process
Are you planning to build 2 factories simultaneously?
Yes potentially, but this will be driven by funding and capacity, even if they do not start together it looks increasingly likely that the second factory will follow very closely behind the first.
Do you have a site for the UK factory? If yes, where will it be?
We have currently shortlisted 6 sites in the UK, 2 in Scotland and 4 in England.
What is the planning/timing for a factory in the UK?
We are now running the two design processes in parallel and so expect the UK factory to be mid 2025 for breaking ground.
Is any wind park operator interested in joining you as an investor?
As yet we do not have a wind park operator as an investor, although there are early discussions ongoing.
Our technology
What kind of technology do you use for shreddering the GRP so fine?
We use a series of machines and sorting processes to take the composite back to increasingly smaller individual pieces.
Is the process similar to the one used for wood fiber rebounding or any specfiity due to the handling of glass fibers?
Yes, the process is similar to one used for wood, however with a number of changes to allows it to suit our different materials.
What are the quality control mechanisms at feedtock mixing to ensure that the adequate proportions are the adequate at all times?
We have a number of quality control mechanisms built into the process however some of this is confidential infomation.
Feedstock & waste
In what shape do you accept the composite at your gate (at the 250 euro/ton gate fee)?
We can take large pieces, up to 10 meters or smaller shredded material.
You mentioned you will start receiving feedstock from September, where do you plan to store it? Will revenue be recognized at point of feedstock delivery?
We have large storage areas and covered warehouse Denmark (Esbjerg and others) and in a number of areas in the UK – ready to receive the material. The gate fee is at the point of delivery.
Will you take items for stripping down, or dismantled, segregated material only?
Our factory is designed to take large pieces of End-of-Life composite and so we will be able to accept full blades or large pieces of composite up to about 10 mtrs in length.
Is pre-cutting to pieces of about 10 m length acceptable?
Yes!
For feedstock other than wind blades e.g. marine vessel.. what level of 'stripping' would be required e.g. remove glass, fabrics, wood, etc. before supply to Continuum.
We can only accept the composite and so all other mateirals would need to be removed
Is there an estimate for the amount of feedstock that will be coming on stream based on repowering?
No not specifically. We have made some assumptions – and if we are looking at the years to come, we will have more productions waste from other areas of the composite industry than directly from the wind industry.
What has the reponse been of the waste collection and management industry?
So far we have had good interest and are talking to a number of European players about how we can support their efforts.
End product & biz case
Which of your end products does your assessment show to have the best potential in the building market?
Building Façade, Concrete Formwork, Flooring, Doors, Wet room walls and panels.
Has there been any testing on input material and output material for substances of concern (POP Regulation, REACH restrictions, ...)
Yes, there has been significant testing and we would be keen to enage further with you to talk in details around this.
what is the expected life of the pannels?
The panels have a very long life, we are not yet able to accuratly state a figure but we expect 25 years plus.
18% density variation across panels seems a lot?
The density reduces as the thickness of the manufactured panels increase, as we make panels from 6mm to 40mm we do not believe 18% to be much of a variation, at a constant size of panel the density variation is negligable.
Q: What about the odor of the resin if used in living rooms?
The odour is almost imperceptable in the finished product.
Circularity & Sustainability
Circularity aims at keeping the value of materials within the economy at their peak value. Do you have any evidence/ numbers as to how your solution keeps materials at high value?
We recycle 100% of the blade or composite, except the metals and carbon fibre which are then 100% put back into the circular economy.
Has an environmental process verification (ETV) been performed? as required in the recent 6GW danish offshore tender material
We are currently engaged in significant environmental work in preparation for our environmental permits in Denmark.
In your LCA of the panel: Have you considered transport of the feedstock to your facilities? If so how?
Yes, we have considered this. Since the GFR waste is placed in different locations in Europe, it has been necessary to make realistic system boundaries for the transport. Therefore, we have set the system boundary for the transport of feedstock to the factory to 700 km using emissions factors for trucks with trailer and a load of max. 28 tons (per regulations).
Circular composites for a better tomorrow.
All our panels are made from recycled composite waste via our proprietary transformation technology.
Continuum Group (HQ)
Orientkaj 4, 1.tv
2150 Nordhavn
Copenhagen, Denmark
Continuum Composite Transformation
Unit 11 Manor Farm Barns,
Framingham Pigot, Norwich,
Norfolk, UK, NR14 7PZ
Continuum ApS
Borgergade 11, 3rd floor,
6700 Esbjerg
Denmark
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