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  • Recycling wind turbine blades: A farmer's ingenuity

    Tod Bowman, Center for Rural Affairs|Dec 11, 2024

    Wind turbine blades play a crucial part in clean energy generation, but their disposal poses a growing challenge. Luckily, innovative solutions provide new ways to keep them out of landfills. As the wind industry grows, there is an increasing need for replacement of older wind turbine blades with larger, more efficient ones. With a lifespan of approximately 25 years, the sheer number of blades and other components that will eventually need to be decommissioned will strain current repurposing...

  • Community involvement: A blueprint for success

    Tod Bowman, CFRA|Nov 6, 2024

    Transparency is essential to effective policy making and is the cornerstone of earning stakeholder trust. When people understand the reasoning behind a policy, they are much more likely to accept the final outcome, even if it does not align with their individual preference. The future of clean energy depends on the successful implementation and adoption of solar and wind policies to provide needed rural economic opportunities and preserve the health of our natural environment. Achieving good...