Enlarge / Old wind turbine blades are usually sent to landfills, which rather undercuts the concept of sustainable energy production.Imagevixen/Getty Images
Wind power is a rapidly growing industry, with a 53 percent increase in new installations in 2020 alone, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. The massive fiberglass blades can be as long as half of a football field and keep getting larger— the bigger the blade, the more electricity is produced. That poses a problem when the blades outlive the mechanical parts of the turbines. They’re usually sent to landfills, which undercuts the whole concept of sustainable energy
→ Continue reading at Ars Technica