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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by shusaku on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:08AM (#28364478)
> Wind power is carbon-free and about 85% of turbine components, including steel, copper wire, electronics and gearing can be recycled or reused.

That’s a far cry from “no way”.

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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by asien on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:31AM (#28364585)
The problem is today no industrial bother recycling them , it’s just cheaper to buy new material.

Those 85% are actually 15% in effective.

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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by eutectic on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:43AM (#28364673)
Surely copper at least is worth recycling?
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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by asien on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:19AM (#28364854)
The materials are indeed worth recycling but the process is just too expensive and complicated.

Best examples would be devices like phones/microwave/tv they contain lots of those rare materials.

Industrial simply prefer to sell junks for cheap in bulk to the African continent where very poor people burn those junks to extract the rare minerals.

It’s not as simple as « 100% recyclable = Always Recycled »

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