Remember all who claimed windfarm blades end in landfill? - No, they are Recycled. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's first ever wind farm has just been re-powered, 30 years after it began operating. It now delivers five times more power – using half the number of turbines and all old turbines have been recycled. Hagshaw Hill wind farm entered service in 1995 Originally 26 turbines (16 MW total) Re-powered with 14 new turbines (79 MW total) Every blade from the original turbines was recycled into new construction material – replacing concrete, timber, and plastics. The local community fund will also receive a huge boost, rising to £400,000 per year – 26x its previous level. Wind turbine blade recycling has long been a challenge, both technically and economically, but progress is accelerating. RWE recently completed installation of the first recyclable blades at the Sofia offshore wind farm – the first time this has been done at scale in the UK. We have the solutions and all what we need to do is to implement them.