The environmental headache of decommissioned turbine blades

Moray East sent its first power to the grid last week, but the turbines will last only about 25 years

We’re all onboard with the increasing carbon reduction benefits of moving to ever larger and more efficient offshore wind turbines, but what do we do with the thousands of scrap blades?

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