<![CDATA[So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled.]]>So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. This isn't true, but even if it were: over its lifetime, a large wind turbine (11MW, offshore), will generate the electrical equivalent of burning ~200,000 tons of coal in an efficient thermal power plant. The total weight of these terrible blades? 100 tons. So spare me the whining.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8e282987-980c-42ea-aa7f-7023682459cd/so-we-hear-people-complaining-wind-turbine-blades-supposedly-can-t-be-recycled.RSS for NodeMon, 28 Sep 2026 16:37:29 GMTWed, 23 Sep 2026 19:38:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:07:56 GMT]]>@stf what a nice thing to see ❤️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://front-end.social/users/Anneke/statuses/117326877586215273https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://front-end.social/users/Anneke/statuses/117326877586215273Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:07:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:43:08 GMT]]>@aliensintransit no clue, can you DM some details on this? Then I can check with people involved in this project.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/woutervanmaanen/statuses/117326780058905036https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/woutervanmaanen/statuses/117326780058905036Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:43:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:34:23 GMT]]>@hzulla @bert_hubert

In line with Bert's calculation:
* A fossil fuel car weights 1500kg and will last for 200.000km; that will burn roughly 8000 kg of fuel. To get that fuel into the car, another 4000 to 8000kg needs to be burned. Total weight: 14.000 kg or more
* A battery electric vehicle weights 2200kg; batteries can be recycled.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BramVanDriel/statuses/117326509746265300https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BramVanDriel/statuses/117326509746265300Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:34:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:14:22 GMT]]>@bert_hubert @kevin
Just make the blades out of coal, then everybody's happy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/FritzAdalis/statuses/117326431054734604https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/FritzAdalis/statuses/117326431054734604Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:14:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:00:43 GMT]]>@woutervanmaanen Would your firm be interested in supplying decommissioned blades for a pilot project focused on building first small and hopefully later bigger boats out of the blades composit materials? For a while now we've been looking for someone willing to provide us with the material ( one or couple of blades depending on the size) to create a proof of concept, unfortunately we've been hitting a wall at first contact.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115870327583567468/statuses/117326377338081385https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115870327583567468/statuses/117326377338081385Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:00:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:09:52 GMT]]>@bert_hubert friends of mine reused the nacelle of a turbine and built a tinyhouse of it: https://www.superuse-studios.com/projectplus/nestle/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/stf/statuses/117325941473754437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/stf/statuses/117325941473754437Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:09:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:05:33 GMT]]>@bert_hubert A neighbour got into an argument with me about my electric car's battery and the way its production is harmful to the environment and how this harm will never be offsetted over its lifetime compared to the long life a fossil fuel car.

The two-person household of that same neighbour and his wife owns five different fossil fuel cars parked on their property.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/hzulla/statuses/117325216697037957https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/hzulla/statuses/117325216697037957Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:33:24 GMT]]>@petko @hyc @bert_hubert The blades as non-recyclable is a big part of the debate for some people because some countries (Austria, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands) have legally binding bans in place that stop you from sending blades to landfill. So the question is, what to do with them. Big players are thinking about this but there isn’t a standard solution.

(Not commenting on the rest of the debate here, just for clarity)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/diemkay/statuses/117325090292614005https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/diemkay/statuses/117325090292614005Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:33:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:17:40 GMT]]>@bert_hubert The turbine blade hoax is of the greatest fossil industry lies]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sns.minovsky.space/objects/e5c8704f-3659-429b-b92d-7d66c0bc666dhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sns.minovsky.space/objects/e5c8704f-3659-429b-b92d-7d66c0bc666dThu, 24 Sep 2026 08:17:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:42:42 GMT]]>@bert_hubert recently saw a docementary about blade repair, which was done while still mounted or in the field for bigger damages/repairs. Quite impressive stuff, they repair lightningstrike damage, etc and extend the blade's life a lot.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hsnl.social/users/foobar/statuses/117323475369750698https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hsnl.social/users/foobar/statuses/117323475369750698Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:42:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:55:15 GMT]]>@bert_hubert

> ~200,000 tons of coal

~200 gigagram

> 100 tons

0.1 gigagram

The blades are about half a promille of the carbon emissions saved over the (pessimistic) life time of the turbine.

Cry me a river..

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://waag.social/users/burne/statuses/117323052821607241https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://waag.social/users/burne/statuses/117323052821607241Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:55:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:17:43 GMT]]>@attilakinali feel free to dig up that data & craft your own toot.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/bert_hubert/statuses/117322433404810345https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/bert_hubert/statuses/117322433404810345Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:17:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:40:29 GMT]]>@cejjacobs @petko @bert_hubert yep it was always just fossil fuel industry propaganda

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/117322286968337999https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/117322286968337999Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:39:18 GMT]]>@petko did you ever hear someone argue the same for modern airplanes? Full of composites (and often just left behind in a dessert after decommissioning) @hyc @bert_hubert

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cejjacobs/statuses/117322282315774599https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cejjacobs/statuses/117322282315774599Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:39:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:38:36 GMT]]>@bert_hubert I think it would be more impressive, if you'd show the numbers of how much radioactive waste coal plants produce vs the weight of a few wind turbine blades. (emphasis on "radioactive")

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://society.oftrolls.com/users/attilakinali/statuses/117322279592490109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://society.oftrolls.com/users/attilakinali/statuses/117322279592490109Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:38:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:24:24 GMT]]>@bert_hubert that isn't what I was trying to suggest at all, I'm sorry I wasn't more clear

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/cargot_robbie/statuses/117322223779107275https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/cargot_robbie/statuses/117322223779107275Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:24:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:21:24 GMT]]>@cargot_robbie you really dig coal it appears to even consider that 200,000 tons of coal might be better.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/bert_hubert/statuses/117322211928568864https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/bert_hubert/statuses/117322211928568864Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:21:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:09:57 GMT]]>@bert_hubert I agree entirely. I'm curious about whether there are enough particulates left over from burning 200,000 tons of coal that it also creates more total solid waste than those turbine blades (in addition to the terrible environmental, health, and economic costs)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/cargot_robbie/statuses/117322166928272889https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/cargot_robbie/statuses/117322166928272889Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:09:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:08:49 GMT]]>@petko @hyc 200,000 tons of coal. Relate to that please.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/bert_hubert/statuses/117322162479235321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eupolicy.social/users/bert_hubert/statuses/117322162479235321Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:08:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:04:42 GMT]]>@hyc @bert_hubert I thought they were saying that about solar panels... The debate I've heard about wind is that it kills birds and that it creates noise. Never have I heard that their blades aren't recycleable... I'm just saying I can see where they're coming from if current tech is (toxic) glass/carbon fiber bonded with (toxic) resin. The question is whether production would ever be that large to make any relevant difference when decommissioned in however many decades...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.petko.me/users/petko/statuses/117322146263430404https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.petko.me/users/petko/statuses/117322146263430404Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:04:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:55:46 GMT]]>@petko @bert_hubert the debate has always been that existing turbines will be toxic landfill when they reach EOL, which is simply false. And newer tech is even more easily reused, not less.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/117322111125402968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/117322111125402968Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:55:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:53:21 GMT]]>@hyc @bert_hubert not arguing but this seems like an old technology... I would assume currently produced wind farms use a lot more composite materials?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.petko.me/users/petko/statuses/117322101665358341https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.petko.me/users/petko/statuses/117322101665358341Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:53:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:51:33 GMT]]>@woutervanmaanen @bert_hubert

From the description this seems to be 'downcycling'. Still a good thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downcycling

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/117322094593176542https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/117322094593176542Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:51:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So we hear people complaining wind turbine blades supposedly can't be recycled. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:47:20 GMT]]>@bert_hubert 99.9% recyclable anyway https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/uk-first-sees-decommissioning-of-scottishpower-wind-farm-demonstrate-turbine-circularity-01-09-2026/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/117322077981518976https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/117322077981518976Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:47:20 GMT