2021-09-28 German Offshore Wind Farms; Recycling Blades

The narrator goes to the offshore wind turbine to show us a 6.2 MW wind turbine.

The key takeaway is that these offshore wind turbines solve the wind turbine intermittency problem because it’s windy as hell out there 24 hours, 365 days a year.

He said the transmission line to southern Germany was supposed to be done in 2022 but public protest held it up until 2026 or even later.

https://youtu.be/IsUBq3BM8rU

In another website we see that wind turbine blades are repurposed as a shelter over bike racks.

https://www.designboom.com/design/denmark-repurposing-wind-turbine-blades-bike-garages-09-27-2021/

The blades that are not repurposed are ground up and mixed into cement.

https://www.ge.com/news/reports/concrete-benefits-recycling-old-wind-turbine-blades-could-help-cement-industry-cut-co2

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