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**Natura Naturans**

1.35 Million Tonnes of “Hazardous Material”, Germany Admits No Plan To Recycle Used Wind Turbine Blades

A recent report on ZDF German public television explains that currently there’s no plan in place on what to do with the turbine blades, which weigh up to 15 tonnes each.

There’s no way to recycle them to use as raw material for new blades. Currently the old blades are being shredded and the chips mixed in with concrete. “You need too much energy and power to shred them,” says Hans-Dieter Wilcken, the operator of a German recycling company.

Burning them is also not an option.

Hazardous waste

The problem with chopping them up is that dangerous carbon fibre particles are produced and pose a threat to human health. Used wind turbine blades have been designated hazardous waste and no one knows how to deal with them.

Currently 30,000 wind turbines are in operation across Germany and many will have to be dismantled over the next 20 years. That volume alone means over a million tonnes of hazardous waste (30,000 turbines x 3 blades/turbine x 15 tonnes/blade = 1.35 million tonnes).

By 2100, with wind turbine use expected to rise, millions of tonnes of non-recyclable hazardous waste will be left for future generations to deal with – that’s in Germany alone.

Bloomberg: Massive waste “forever”

In the USA, Casper Wyoming is currently serving as a landfill for used blades, Bloomberg here reports:

‘The wind turbine blade will be there, ultimately, forever,’ said Bob Cappadona, chief operating officer for the North American unit of Paris-based Veolia Environnement SA, which is searching for better ways to deal with the massive waste. ‘Most landfills are considered a dry tomb.’

https://notrickszone.com/2020/11/21/1-35...ne-blades/

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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 568344 11-21-2020 11:32 PM

The only poison is the sh*t that you keep on posting.

Bend over and bite that pillow.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 559658 11-21-2020 11:36 PM

NREL Advanced Manufacturing Research Moves Wind Turbine Blades Toward Recyclability

Quote:In addition to the recyclability aspect, thermoplastic resin can enable longer, lighter-weight, and lower-cost blades. Manufacturing blades using current thermoset resin systems requires more energy and manpower in the manufacturing facility, and the end product often winds up in landfills.

“With thermoset resin systems, it’s almost like when you fry an egg. You can’t reverse that,” said Derek Berry, a senior engineer at NREL. “But with a thermoplastic resin system, you can make a blade out of it. You heat it to a certain temperature, and it melts back down. You can get the liquid resin back and reuse that.”

https://news.yahoo.com/nrel-advanced-man...00418.html

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 568344 11-21-2020 11:41 PM

Great to see OP 5 stars his own threads.

chuckle

What a Cockpipe cosmonaut

**BeelzeBob**

Natura Naturans Wrote: (11-21-2020 11:29 PM)

1.35 Million Tonnes of “Hazardous Material”, Germany Admits No Plan To Recycle Used Wind Turbine Blades

A recent report on ZDF German public television explains that currently there’s no plan in place on what to do with the turbine blades, which weigh up to 15 tonnes each.

There’s no way to recycle them to use as raw material for new blades. Currently the old blades are being shredded and the chips mixed in with concrete. “You need too much energy and power to shred them,” says Hans-Dieter Wilcken, the operator of a German recycling company.

Burning them is also not an option.

Hazardous waste

The problem with chopping them up is that dangerous carbon fibre particles are produced and pose a threat to human health. Used wind turbine blades have been designated hazardous waste and no one knows how to deal with them.

Currently 30,000 wind turbines are in operation across Germany and many will have to be dismantled over the next 20 years. That volume alone means over a million tonnes of hazardous waste (30,000 turbines x 3 blades/turbine x 15 tonnes/blade = 1.35 million tonnes).

By 2100, with wind turbine use expected to rise, millions of tonnes of non-recyclable hazardous waste will be left for future generations to deal with – that’s in Germany alone.

Bloomberg: Massive waste “forever”

In the USA, Casper Wyoming is currently serving as a landfill for used blades, Bloomberg here reports:

‘The wind turbine blade will be there, ultimately, forever,’ said Bob Cappadona, chief operating officer for the North American unit of Paris-based Veolia Environnement SA, which is searching for better ways to deal with the massive waste. ‘Most landfills are considered a dry tomb.’

https://notrickszone.com/2020/11/21/1-35...ne-blades/

Much like deciding plastic is better than paper, or electric cars are better than petro (not accepted just yet, but will be within 50 years), we will come to find out that wind power is a terrible idea. They got it right with hyrdo, now adapt it to the ocean or better manage the fish on existing damns. Hyrdo is the most environmentally friendly and efficient way to produce power.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 565725 11-22-2020 12:01 AM

Natura Naturans Wrote: (11-21-2020 11:29 PM)

1.35 Million Tonnes of “Hazardous Material”, Germany Admits No Plan To Recycle Used Wind Turbine Blades

A recent report on ZDF German public television explains that currently there’s no plan in place on what to do with the turbine blades, which weigh up to 15 tonnes each.

There’s no way to recycle them to use as raw material for new blades. Currently the old blades are being shredded and the chips mixed in with concrete. “You need too much energy and power to shred them,” says Hans-Dieter Wilcken, the operator of a German recycling company.

Burning them is also not an option.

Hazardous waste

The problem with chopping them up is that dangerous carbon fibre particles are produced and pose a threat to human health. Used wind turbine blades have been designated hazardous waste and no one knows how to deal with them.

Currently 30,000 wind turbines are in operation across Germany and many will have to be dismantled over the next 20 years. That volume alone means over a million tonnes of hazardous waste (30,000 turbines x 3 blades/turbine x 15 tonnes/blade = 1.35 million tonnes).

By 2100, with wind turbine use expected to rise, millions of tonnes of non-recyclable hazardous waste will be left for future generations to deal with – that’s in Germany alone.

Bloomberg: Massive waste “forever”

In the USA, Casper Wyoming is currently serving as a landfill for used blades, Bloomberg here reports:

‘The wind turbine blade will be there, ultimately, forever,’ said Bob Cappadona, chief operating officer for the North American unit of Paris-based Veolia Environnement SA, which is searching for better ways to deal with the massive waste. ‘Most landfills are considered a dry tomb.’

https://notrickszone.com/2020/11/21/1-35...ne-blades/

they are made of fibreglass, like many, many other things.

jeebus NN your russian paymasters must be getting really desperate if they are clutching at straws in order to try and save their oil industry.

at the time of this post, the UK is getting 34% of its electrical demand met by sweet clean, clean clean wind.

https://gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ chuckle

and this is going to increase over the next few years as more offshore wind farms come on line.

**Agent Stoneheart**

If I had to make a guess, I'd bet that the wind farm blades poison the Earth less than burning sh*t for energy.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 568344 11-22-2020 12:31 AM

Shoggoth Wrote: (11-22-2020 12:07 AM)

If I had to make a guess, I'd bet that the wind farm blades poison the Earth less than burning sh*t for energy.

Shhhh.

Op the sausage jockey will report you to the mods.

**Natura Naturans**

I always know how effective I am at bringing the truth to LOP by how many vicious personal attacks I get. The leftist shills here hate the truth but have no way of rebutting it so they get PISSED!

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 568347 11-22-2020 12:34 AM

you are the biggest bullshitter on this site

**Natura Naturans**

LoP Guest Wrote: (11-22-2020 12:34 AM)

you are the biggest bullshitter on this site

Wow, with links and evidence like that who could disagree?

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 568347 11-22-2020 12:43 AM

it is a ridiculous article

"you need too much energy to shred them"

what bullshit, how much energy do they make over their lives compared with what it costs to shred

i doubt the neautrality of that website, i don't know them, and also the contractor

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 568351 11-22-2020 12:44 AM

The old blades will be inert and therefore won't "poison" the earth until way are found to deal with them.

Using the carbon fiber that makes up the blades as a raw material for new, other construction projects, could conceivably be an option.

Progress takes time.

**Natura Naturans**

LoP Guest Wrote: (11-22-2020 12:43 AM)

it is a ridiculous article

"you need too much energy to shred them"

what bullshit, how much energy do they make over their lives compared with what it costs to shred

i doubt the neautrality of that website, i don't know them, and also the contractor

It's the truth my friend, the global warming fraudster sold a product that will poison the Earth FOREVER!

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 568347 11-22-2020 12:45 AM

Natura Naturans Wrote: (11-22-2020 12:45 AM)

LoP Guest Wrote: (11-22-2020 12:43 AM)
it is a ridiculous article

"you need too much energy to shred them"

what bullshit, how much energy do they make over their lives compared with what it costs to shred

i doubt the neautrality of that website, i don't know them, and also the contractor

It's the truth my friend, the global warming fraudster sold a product that will poison the Earth FOREVER!

they give no proof of anything, just one man's word