What happens to decommissioned wind turbines and blades? Some are finding new life as buildings.
Europe is on track for a record wind year, with 8.8 GW of new capacity installed in the first half of 2026 – a 30 per cent jump year on year.
That’s enough electricity to power around seven million European households and replace fossil fuel imports equivalent to 25 LNG tankers a year, according to industry nonprofit WindEurope.
But every turbine that goes up eventually means one coming down – and manufacturers are still working out how to make sure none of the materials go to waste.
this one is larger (by about 25%, and excluding the also higher ceiling) than my walk-up apartment.
This is about the same size as the liveable area of my house. Slightly larger, I think.
It’s a touch larger than my apartment, too, and with no upstairs neighbors…
Larger than my apartment as well. My place is an ADU (additional dwelling unit). It was previously a garage.
A nice, long house like that is begging to be turned into a passive-solar house.