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Where'd You Get That Vintage Turbine?

Posted on July 03, 2008

It's exciting to witness development of increasingly efficient wind power technologies (to see Popular Science's geek-worthy eye candy on that front, click here and here). But what can we do with our old wind power equipment as the early models become outdated? U.S. company Aeronautica Windpower has a solution. As Renewable Energy World reports, the Massachusetts-based firm plans to recycle wind turbines that have been rendered obsolete by newer models. According to the company's industry research, over 10,000 machines that were installed during the mid 80s and 90s may soon be replaced b...

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