What to do With a “Tidal Wave” of Texas Wind Turbine Blades
The wind energy industry is struggling to find sustainable solutions for fast-accumulating piles of dead wind turbine blades. So far, all the options come with an environmental price.
A wind turbine farm in Texas. Egor Shitikov
The wind energy industry is struggling to find sustainable solutions for fast-accumulating piles of dead wind turbine blades. So far, all the options come with an environmental price.
A wind turbine farm in Texas. Egor Shitikov
Katie Hill
Jan 28, 2021, 8:00 am CST
Towns the size of Sweetwater normally don’t need many graveyards. The rural community of about 11,000 people is located in the impossibly flat plains west of Abilene and is best known for the 2,000 wind turbines that surround the area. More wind energy is produced in Nolan County than almost anywhere else on the planet, but since this place has given birth to such a staggering number of turbines, it now accommodates more than i
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South Korean’s bet on wind power makes him a billionaire Gim Seong-gon’s CS Wind has become the world’s biggest manufacturer of wind towers, getting into the renewable energy sector in its infancy 27 January 2021 - 11:58 Yoojung Lee Picture: 123RF/VACLAW VOLRAB
Seoul Gim Seong-gon was running a steel-manufacturing business in the late 1980s when he became fascinated by wind power. The South Korea native saw growth potential in the field and decided to get involved.
It was a good decision. With an early injection of capital from Goldman Sachs, his CS Wind has become the world’s biggest manufacturer of wind towers. The firm’s shares have rallied for the past four years, surging almost fivefold in 2020 alone. Expectations are running high for even more growth with the change of administrations in Washington.
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The project will support up to 450 construction jobs and several permanent jobs and will drive significant local economic development, including more than $300,000 in local spending during construction and $173 million in landowner payments and property tax revenue over the life of the project.
Clearway Energy Group has commenced construction on
Mesquite Sky, a 345 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Callahan County, Texas. Clearway also closed $427 million in construction debt financing, for which Mizuho Bank Ltd. acted as the coordinating lead arranger and with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), MUFG Bank Ltd., Santander Bank N.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) each acting as mandated lead arrangers.
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