Posted on 09/04/2019 7:45:17 PM PDT by 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).
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law of unintended consequences
Wow. Thank you for posting this article. What a friggin waste and ineffective way to create power.
Maybe ship them to the unused nuclear waste repository in Nevada?
Marianas Trench
As has been done with fiberglass boats for ages...take them to the desert and burn them in a huge party.
I cut up a couple of old fiberglass boats and burned the peices in sections. then took the remaining glass weave to the landfill.
I guess the geese and duck strikes are taking their toll on these blades
You speak in jest, I have met people who actualy believe such things. I have met people who actually earn a living by working and yet could not understand why it does not make sense to simply put a fifth wheel on a car to drive an electric generator to charge batteries and get “free” energy.
What Souix Falls needs is a turbine blade disposal fee
They’re fiberglass. I guess you could remold them into old 70s & 80s Vettes or something.
Wind Turbine cost breakeven point = 21 Years
What is it we're saving here?
Note: the "cost breakeven point" DOES NOT INCLUDE DISPOSAL COST.
You forgot the copper wire.
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