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.
I thought about container housing at one point because I thought it was cool but when you actually start to get into it it’s really not actually very good. Most of the time you need a new container you can’t use containers I had stuff in them previously because you don’t know what was in them and they could be biohazard. Or just really chemical hazard. It turns into a hole to do that’s not worth it environmentally.