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| To put it all in perspective, a commercial wind turbine on average produces 843,000 kWh of energy per month. Approximately 1.14 lbs of coal generates 1 kWh. So in just one month of operation those blades generated enough energy to equal 480 tons of coal. That's just one month! If the blades make it to just half of their expected lifetime at ten years that has offset almost 58,000 tons of coal.
It's definitely not a good optic to burn the blades in the end, but it's still a far cry from the amount of fossil fuels that would have been burnt to generate the same amount of energy.
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recyle wind turbine blades
