Texan Turbine Graveyards Becomes Latest ‘Green’ Tourism Venture
A while back, wind industry spinners reckoned tourists would flock to see a few of these whirling wonders in action, now they’re 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.
James Morrow and Ron Kendall have put together a video tourist brochure, propounding the latest in ‘green’ tourism.
Independent journalist Ron Kendall Jr warns of “turbine graveyards” which have been popping up over the US state of Texas as turbine blades reach their useable life.
Texas is home to more than 15,000 wind turbines and has been dubbed a “clean energy powerhouse”.
In a documentary produced by Yucca Films, Mr Kendall Jr investigates the lifespan of the turbines and where they go once used.
“Once 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,” he told Sky News host James Morrow.
“It doesn’t seem like there was much thought into the end of life for a lot of these renewable energy sources.”
Mr Kendall Jr added many blades are being replaced within two years on some of the newer facilities.
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Jim Conlin
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Doesn’t appear these are actually very renewable
Maybe they could be used to build the much needed wall on our boarders
Where are the materials for these mined or made, and if mined what are the
ages of the miners
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VOWG
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Oil and lots of it is required for the blades, and coal, lots of it to smelt the steel for the towers. There is nothing “green” or sane about any of this nonsense.
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Tom
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Makes for a great air bnb destination.
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