{"id":286044,"date":"2023-11-01T16:54:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286044"},"modified":"2023-11-01T16:55:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T15:55:01","slug":"touring-texan-turbine-graveyards-becomes-latest-green-tourism-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286044","title":{"rendered":"Touring Texan Turbine Graveyards Becomes Latest Green Tourism\u00a0Venture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Finding an environmentally friendly and economical way to dispose of the blades will become a growing problem. In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 54,000 turbines in operation at the moment with 164,000 blades, according to Global Fiberglass Solutions. Over the next two years, an estimated 35,000 of those blades will be decommissioned and need somewhere to go.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A while back, wind industry spinners reckoned tourists would flock to see a view of these whirling wonders in action, now they\u2019re flocking to their graveyards. Texans now have the opportunity to visit the growing piles of toxic turbine blades and other junk left over after these things give up the ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Morrow and Ron Kendall have put together a video tourist brochure, propounding the latest in \u2018green\u2019 tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sweetwater prides itself on its energy production as shown with its welcome sign along the Interstate 20. (Spectrum News\/Ashley McElroy)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Turbine graveyards\u2019 sprawled across Texas<\/strong>
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James Morrow and Ron Kendall
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Graveyard of broken wind turbine blades near Roscoe, Texas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Independent journalist Ron Kendall Jr warns of \u201cturbine graveyards\u201d which have been popping up over the US state of Texas as turbine blades reach their useable life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas is home to more than 15,000 wind turbines and has been dubbed a \u201cclean energy powerhouse\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a documentary produced by Yucca Films, Mr Kendall Jr investigates the lifespan of the turbines and where they go once used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce they reach their usable life we are seeing more of these, I like to call them turbine graveyards, popping up throughout the state, some to the scale of over 20 to 40 acres of maybe ten tall stacked up,\u201d he told Sky News host James Morrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t seem like there was much thought into the end of life for a lot of these renewable energy sources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Kendall Jr added many blades are being replaced within two years on some of the newer facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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