Wind energy leaves a 162 foot long carbon footprint every time a turbine blade is changed. Some scientists are working to recycle those huge parts.
SWEETWATER, Texas — From Brownsville to the tip of the Texas panhandle there are wind turbine churning enough electricity to light 3.5 million Texas homes.
“The fuels is free. Wind is free” says Benny Etheridge, with CPS Energy.
CPS currently gets about 11% of its electricity from wind turbines. Wind energy may be the way of the future, but right now it is creating pollution no one apparently thought about.
Wind turbine blades and housings have a life expectancy of 20-25 years. up to 40,000 of those components have reached their end of lifespan, or are expected to…