Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Gotta be a better way... don'tcha think? Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills Send 'em to Texas and make a fence out of 'em. (For cattle and horses, of course! ) 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 (edited) As the supply increases, the blades become raw material for other products. Here is a plan to make concrete: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ge-announces-first-us-wind-turbine-blade-recycling-program-with-veolia/591869/ Also pilot programs are looking at making them into flooring and roofing. Edited September 25 by John Kloehr "Here," Otto. The word is "Here," not "Are" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 3 minutes ago, John Kloehr said: As the supply increases, the blades become raw material for other products. Are is a plan to make concrete: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ge-announces-first-us-wind-turbine-blade-recycling-program-with-veolia/591869/ Also pilot programs are looking at making them into flooring and roofing. I'll assume, by EPA regulation, they have air handling controls at the MO facility where the fiberglass blades are shredded. Otherwise, cough, cough....wheeze for miles. And, cattle with 3 horns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 I'm sure they do, concrete has a lot of dust issues without fiberglass. Speaking of which, remember the outcry when Sriracha became popular? Yeah, they needed some significant vapor controls on the factory in Irwindale. https://www.10news.com/news/legal-fight-between-sriracha-socal-city-stemming-from-odor-complaints-is-over-for-now By the way, never dump a quarter cup of Sriracha into a sizzling-hot frypan to infuse your beef strips! Ask me how I know... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Lud Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 I worked for a major Danish wind manufacturer in Colorado. They were anything but green…horrible and process to make the blades is not environmentally friendly at all. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 The covering of the Blades is because the "Greenies " don't want it known the extremely high rate of failure of these "green" energy Devices!!! At least this is so in Canada... Jabez Cowboy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 (edited) Why are the blades worn out? I suspect that it might be that the owner gets ten years worth of depreciation and then finds it profitable to replace them and start the depreciation process again. Edited September 25 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 11 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Why are the blades worn out? Air is abrasive because of all the dust that is in it. Rain is seriously abrasive. The aviation community has known this for decades. Modern aircraft have special paint or tape on all the leading edges of the aircraft. As the coating or tape wears it is replaced. This protects the underlying structure from permanent damage. The owners of wind farms should know this. However in practice it seems that blade maintenance is something they think they can put off or omit entirely to cut costs. Unfortunately when put off too long the blades become damaged and start to delaminate. Once this happens they are beyond repair. Lightening strikes also cause damage that may or may not be repairable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Falcon, SASS # 46139 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Another useless, expensive and ugly government sponsored and subsidized boondoggle. They didn't learn anything from Solyndra. PF 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 In NH, “GO GREEN” refers to police who join the state police whose uniforms and cars are green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 14 hours ago, Phantom Falcon, SASS # 46139 said: Another useless, expensive and ugly government sponsored and subsidized boondoggle. They didn't learn anything from Solyndra. PF They learned a LOT — about how to dump taxpayer money into special interests. They’re putting it to use in the ‘Green New Deal’. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 What isn't mentioned... the expired Lithium batteries in tens of thousands of electric vehicles. These are hazmat materials... require a hazmat disposal process, far more than just a landfill. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 26 minutes ago, bgavin said: What isn't mentioned... the expired Lithium batteries in tens of thousands of electric vehicles. These are hazmat materials... require a hazmat disposal process, far more than just a landfill. Spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 3 hours ago, bgavin said: What isn't mentioned... the expired Lithium batteries in tens of thousands of electric vehicles. These are hazmat materials... require a hazmat disposal process, far more than just a landfill. Add to that the process of mining/refining the elements used to make those batteries leaves the surrounding area in toxic, nearly irreparable condition and the product has NO process for recycling!! It also requires billions of dollars of transportation provided by vehicles using fossil fuels or using energy produced by fossil fuels. The ONLY real positive aspect of these products is the lining of certain people’s pockets and a moment of instant gratification for those, “We have to do SOMETHING!” idiots who espouse this garbage!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Yep. I'm told they have to mine Cobalt for this use... highly toxic. I have not vetted this, so anecdotal only. The folks who swallow this green baloney are the same ones who think you should only get meat from the supermarket, because hunting is inhumane. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 It's the wrong time of year for this stuff. I read the title and was racking my brain for a football team with green in their colors that you were associated with, Hardpan. The only one I could come up with was Tulane but I know you went to college on the Left Coast, not New Orleans. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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