Wind power's unsolved problem

Wind turbines are playing a big part in cleaning up our energy system. But even the best solution isn't without its problems: the blades are close to impossible to recycle and largely end up in landfills. There are more and more companies promising to fix that. Can they? #PlanetA #WindEnergy #Recycling We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Credits: Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Video Editor: David Jacobi Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk Factcheck: Jeannette Cwienk, Alexander Paquet Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Interviewees: Aubryn Cooperman, engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Claire Barlow, researcher, University of Cambridge Maximilian Schnippering, head of sustainability department, Siemens Gamesa Lisa Ekstrand, head of sustainability, Vestas Read More : Wind Turbine Blade Waste in 2050 (Liu & Barlow, 2017): https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/96705... Blade Waste in the United States (Cooperman et al., 2021): https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/p... Vestas's press release: https://www.vestas.com/en/media/compa... Siemens Gamesa's press release: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/en-int/... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:01 Blade waste 02:53 Downcycling 05:10 New blades 06:51 Breakthrough? 08:18 What's at stake