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Background:
Analysis: ‘Solar isn’t that green really’
ABC News Australia: Studies suggest wind turbine waste could end up in landfill by the end of the decade
Wind turbines have a life span of 10 to 20 years
Energy companies in Denmark have turned their old turbines into bus shelters and playgrounds …
Researchers from the University of South Australia are urging renewable energy companies in the state to come up with an end-of-life plan for their ageing wind turbines. A study led by Professor Peter Majewski indicated that tens of thousands of old turbines could end up in landfill by the end of the decade. Worldwide, there could be more than 40 million tonnes of blade waste in landfills by 2050. Wind turbines have life span of 10 to 20 years and are expensive to break down due to their size and the fact they are made from a mixture of composite materials including glass fibre, carbon fibre, polyester and epoxy resins.
Energy analysis Mark P. Mills: “You have to dig up about 500,000 pounds of materials to make a single 1000-pound battery. It takes 100 to 300 barrels of oil to manufacture a battery that can hold one barrel of oil equivalent of energy.”
Mills is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute & a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science. … Mills served in the White House Science Office under President Reagan.
