Remember all who claimed windfarm blades end in landfill? - No, they are Recycled.
🏴 Scotland's first ever wind farm has just been re-powered, 30 years after it began operating. It now delivers five times more power – using half the number of turbines and all old turbines have been recycled.
Hagshaw Hill wind farm entered service in 1995
Originally 26 turbines (16 MW total)
Re-powered with 14 new turbines (79 MW total)
Every blade from the original turbines was recycled into new construction material – replacing concrete, timber, and plastics.
The local community fund will also receive a huge boost, rising to £400,000 per year – 26x its previous level.
Wind turbine blade recycling has long been a challenge, both technically and economically, but progress is accelerating.
RWE recently completed installation of the first recyclable blades at the Sofia offshore wind farm – the first time this has been done at scale in the UK.
We have the solutions and all what we need to do is to implement them.