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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.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This sounds like cargo container housing all over again.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You make it sound like container housing was a fad. Container housing is on the rise.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The problem in most places is not the type of house, but getting somewhere to actually build the housing. In the UK any potential site is bought by big developers who put as many houses as possible in a small space to maximise profits

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Could you stick one in the garden and just live in it as another bedroom? Or partially bury it and pile the earth up on top of it so you have a hobbit hole.

Would love to try something like that but my garden is a bit small.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I want to live in an Earth bermed shipping container more than I want a lot of things.

[–] crashfrog@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Isn’t that the point of a tiny home? That you can have a lot of them in a given space?

[–] crashfrog@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

It’s so absurd; it’s more expensive to convert a container into a home than to just build the home on site

[–] ItWasTheDNS@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But they’re at least much larger and better built - all the “new” containers you can buy in the use are built as one trip containers in China - sure they seem in good condition, but their longevity is suspect.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

Steel is a stupid and wasteful application to make housing.