Would any of you guys take down old wind turbines if you had the chance...?

**Breakage** · 09-27-2018, 01:05 PM

I'd think with that much scrap fiberglass, you could talk to a recycler about buying it, as long as it is clean. There aren't many people, globally, recovering that material but it does seem to be happening.

Can you not reuse the blades? It just seems weird that you wouldn't want spares if you had a working wind farm.

**RLS0812** · 09-27-2018, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Breakage

I'd think with that much scrap fiberglass, you could talk to a recycler about buying it, as long as it is clean. There aren't many people, globally, recovering that material but it does seem to be happening.

I've worked with fiberglass in several different large scale projects ( over $500 million ) - no one "buys" the scrap, it can not be recycled.
You can grind it up, add more resin, and cast the results into molds, HOWEVER it can not be used for anything requiring structural stability ( car bodies, piping, cooling towers, windmills, e.t.c. ).
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