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  2. Iowa sues company accused of dumping disused wind-turbine ...

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    Global never posted the bond, according to the lawsuit, and so the DNR ordered Global to stop accumulating wind-turbine blades in Iowa and to remove all of the blades scattered at the disposal sites.

  3. What do you do with 8,000 defunct wind turbine blades ... - AOL

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    The wind industry now generates enough electricity to power more than 43 US million homes with more than 70,000 turbines. But there’s one problem that urgently needs addressed, writes Louise Boyle

  4. How one company keeps wind turbine blades out of landfills - AOL

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    Until recently, wind turbine blades were nearly impossible to recycle. Now, one company is shredding the blades so they can be used as fuel in cement-making. But is this the best way to deal with ...

  5. Environmental impact of wind power - Wikipedia

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    The WindShare ExPlace wind turbine was erected in December 2002, on the grounds of Exhibition Place, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the first wind turbine installed in a major North American urban city centre. [97] Steel Winds also has a 20 MW urban project south of Buffalo, New York. Both of these projects are in urban locations, but ...

  6. Environmental impact of electricity generation - Wikipedia

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    Many wind turbine blades are made of fiberglass and some only had a lifetime of 10 to 20 years. [80] Previously, there was no market for recycling these old blades, [81] and they were commonly disposed of in landfills. [82] Because blades are hollow, they take up a large volume compared to their mass.

  7. Clipper Windpower - Wikipedia

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    Clipper Windpower Marine had started construction of a 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Neptune Estate, Tyne in 2010. The factory would have been used to develop and build blades for the Britannia project, a 10 MW offshore wind turbine prototype under development by Clipper and scheduled ...

  8. NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades

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    Composites made from the PECAN resin held their shape, withstood accelerated weatherization validation, and could be made within a timeframe similar to the existing cure cycle for how wind turbine blades are currently manufactured. While wind blades can measure the length of a football field, the size of the prototype provided proof of the ...

  9. Vineyard Wind broken blade update: Some blades to be ... - AOL

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    Vineyard Wind plans to remove an unspecified number of blades from existing turbines after conducting scans and quality checks in response to a mid-July breakdown that cast debris into the ocean ...

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