Wind Turbine Maker Starts Selling Blades That Won’t Become Trash
- Siemens Gamesa to sell its first recylable wind turbine blade
- Recyling could end practice of sending blades to landfills
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Spanish wind-turbine maker Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA is offering customers a blade that’s fully recyclable in an effort to end the practice of sending old turbine parts to landfills.
It’s a development that could become increasingly important as more of the world’s electricity comes from renewables. By 2025, each year some 25,000 metric tons of wind turbine blades will reach the end of their operational life – equivalent to the weight of about 2,000 double-decker buses, according to trade association WindEurope.