German startup Voodin replaced fibreglass with laminated veneer lumber in 19.3-metre turbine blades; its new EU-backed factory targets fully recyclable blades at commercial scale
- When you look at wind turbines the blades look larger than life.
- Like permanent, monumental objects that will turn forever above the same field, long after you are gone and someone else is looking up at them similarly.
- In reality, most wind turbine blades last only 20 to 25 years and when they stop spinning, roughly 85 to 90 per cent of the turbine can already be commercially recycled.
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- When you look at wind turbines the blades look larger than life.
- Like permanent, monumental objects that will turn forever above the same field, long after you are gone and someone else is looking up at them similarly.
- In reality, most wind turbine blades last only 20 to 25 years and when they stop spinning, roughly 85 to 90 per cent of the turbine can already be commercially recycled.
Sources: Times of India