Researchers are urging the federal government and renewable energy companies to provide an end-of-life plan for wind farms in light of their expensive recycling costs.
Researchers from the University of South Australia are urging renewable energy companies in the state to come up with an end-of-life plan for their ageing wind turbines.Wind turbines have a life span of 10 to 20 yearsA study led by Professor Peter Majewski indicated that tens of thousands of old turbines could end up in landfill by the end of the decade.
Professor Majewski said the turbines could be recycled but it was yet to become a lucrative business. "The key problem is there is not a lot of money in it, so recyclers don't have a huge income stream," he said.He said the government needed to encourage recycling or find ways to convince the industry to think about different designs of wind turbines.Tilt Renewables, who have been operating the Snowtown Wind Farm since 2008, said they were monitoring decommissioning practices across the country and internationally.
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