The U.S. Wind Turbine Database contains more than 74,695 wind turbines built since 1980, spread between 1,699 wind power ...

Conventional recycling techniques don't work on wind turbine blades. Now, an Ohio startup is turning them into park benches and planters. But how much trash will the wind energy industry create?

Vestas Wind Systems has opted for a different ... Yet, despite their massive size and landfill requirements, turbine blades are responsible for providing between 120,000 and 180,000 hours of ...

Historic blade waste currently in landfill could be recycled, as could waste which has been placed in storage awaiting a solution. At Hagshaw Hill a number of wind turbines have been kept in ...

Veolia said it "offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services." Until recently, wind turbine blades were nearly impossible to recycle. Now, one company is shredding the ...

Wind power goes as far back at least as 9th Century ... from recycled turbine blades That doesn't mean they have to go into landfill, according to Don Lilly, chief executive of Global Fiberglass ...

many traditional wind turbines have reached their design lifespan; blades the size of a Boeing 747 wing are piling up in ...

Stories about wind turbine graveyards and solar panels piling up in landfills have gone viral, with anti-green activists seizing on the images as evidence that renewable energy isn’t really that ...

Wind turbine blades play a crucial part in clean energy generation, but their disposal poses a growing challenge. Luckily, ...

Watertown Fire Rescue and landfill workers squelched a fire on ... mobile phones, e-cigarettes, power tools, drones, remote control cars, e-bikes and e-scooters.