Sioux Falls Landfill Tightens Rules After Minnesota Dumps Dozens of Wind Turbine Blades

American Experiment. ^ | August 30, 2019 | Isaac Orr

[george76]

wind turbines only last for twenty years, and after that time the turbines must be torn down .. wind turbine blades cannot be recycled

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more than 100 wind turbine blades measuring 120 ft long have been dumped in a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, landfill, but there’s a problem: the massive blades are taking up too much room

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A wind farm near Albert Lea, Minn., brought dozens of their old turbine blades to the Sioux Falls dump this summer.

But City Hall says it won’t take anymore unless owners take more steps to make the massive fiberglass pieces less space consuming.

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This year, 101 turbine blades have been trucked to the city dump. But with each one spanning 120 feet long, that’s caused officials with the landfill and the Sioux Falls Public Works Department to study the long-term effect that type of refuse could have on the dump.

South Dakota is a long way to travel to dispose of wind turbine blades, which uses a lot of diesel fuel, and South Dakota officials aren’t sure why the blades are .

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The fact that it is too expensive to dispose of wind turbine blades in a landfill should be front page news, because we’re going to have thousands of blades to get rid of in the near future. In fact, the Energy Information Administration shows Minnesota has some of the oldest wind turbines in the country, meaning this problem will present itself sooner than later.

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Argus Leader: Sioux Falls Landfill Tightens Rules After Minnesota Dumps Dozens of Wind Turbine Blades ( Full title).

[Fungi]

Ah yes, we are saving the planet, but not in my backyard. Fools on parade....

[Deaf Smith]

So, Sioux them.

[lewislynn]

It’s “sustainable energy” nothing else matters.

[BradyLS]

120ft turbine describing a diameter of (very roughly) 240 feet. That’s YUGE!

Wonder if they’ll ever attach James Bond to one of those things? :-/

[tcrlaf]

More green stupidity

[Chode]

could they be used for seawall or embankment reinforcements?

[Rumplemeyer]

Why can’t they be recycled?

[blueunicorn6]

Takes a mighty big man to shave with a 120 foot long blade.

[867V309]

could they be used for seawall or embankment reinforcements?

ironically, 120' is the ideal height for the wall.

[LukeL]

I was attempting to explain to a person today the concept of thermodynamics. Had to explain that the energy density of wind and solar cannot sustain a modern society and that taking fossil fuels and using them to charge batteries is worse than just using fossil fuels to power your car.

[IncPen]

Why can’t they be recycled?

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FR Guess:
It’s cheaper and safer to put up new ones rather than risk failure of one at the end of its life

[blueunicorn6]

Let’s use them for propellers on our Evinrudes!

[Deaf Smith]

Big John.

[Do_Tar]

Send them to Fargo. They got wood chippers there.

[blueunicorn6]

Helicopters!

Helicopters that could lift California!

[IncPen]

The laws of physics and economics are demanding and unforgiving, and trend toward self-enforcement, the folly of men notwithstanding.

[Chode]

works for me!

[blueunicorn6]

Let’s see The Dollar Shave Club deliver these!

[Balding_Eagle]

Wind turbine blades have to be replaced every 1,000 eagle kills.

It’s the law.