What goes up, comes down

[Ron Stauffer]

I have watched different vids on how wind turbines are erected and found them very interesting. Wind turbines do have a life and evidently not only is the turbine removed but also the tower.

In August of this year, 21 wind turbines on 385' towers were decommissioned in 2 days and removed in TX. This might be SOP in TX for wind turbine removal but curious if this method of removal is used elsewhere?

Link to article
https://www.cdrecycler.com/article/cdi- ... -turbines/

Link to demo vid


Ron Stauffer
Montrose CO

[windybob]

What do they do with all the tons of super heavy fiberglass when they take those things down? Landfill? ocean? burn? Bury?

[Smax]

Seen photos of the blades being buried in the desert

[Dempster]

I think these decommissioned turbines will be replaced by newer higher output turbines. If you notice they blast cut the tower a few feet above the base. I’m thinking they will remove the tower base remnants and install new tower with turbine. Can’t say I’m 100% correct on this but given these are the more modern turbines and towers I bet they still want to use the infrastructure and install newer models. Hopefully they upgrade with heated blades for winter use (I think these are in Texas).

[windybob]

Here is a video I ran across deling with the used turbine blades. Interesting. ( If the link works.) Of course ther's an ad or two at the start.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-company- ... 15048.html

[Gregg]

There is a place about 20 miles from here where they piled up about 400 wind turbine blades. They have what looks like a giant saw blade on the end of a track hoe boom and cut the blades into smaller pieces. Hauling them to Tennessee to recycle. Heard they are grinding them up to add to concrete.
Gregg

Wind Turbine Blades.jpg

[Ron Stauffer]

I was already hooked up to one to lower but they wouldnt let me have it.

hooked to turbine.jpg

Ron Stauffer
Montrose CO

[mtblah]

Cool pic ! how long did it take to line that angle just right ?

[windybob]

LOL the way the wind was blowing here today, that picture would not have been taken.

[PaulV]

good one Ron