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World’s First All-Timber Wind Turbine Blades are Cheaper, Recyclable, Fire-Resistant and Stronger than Carbon Fiber
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this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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i mean i could certainly see timber used in some capacity, it works in regular buildings after all, but i don't see how it would make sense in the blades..
They have been using wood for windmill blades for hundreds of years
you do realize windmills and wind turbines are slightly different, right?
you're basically using a 2 story wood house to justify building a skyscraper out of wood, that's obviously not how it works, did you even think about this for 5 seconds lol?
This isn't reddit. You don't need to be so mean.
The larger old windmills could definitely be used as a comparison to modern wind turbines.
The arrogance.
Also, search for "Plyscraper".
They do make wind turbine towers out of wood in many places. Transportation advantages to it. Weight is non issue.
Mass is not a major issue for towers, but it's a big problem for rotating parts.
Explain to me how wood blades are fire resistant? That to me makes no sense.
Treated lumber is a thing, and in my experience it's harder to light than carbon fiber and resin.
My garage almost burned down once because I didn't notice sparks from my angle grinder were pooling on a CF/R panel, and it set off a couple other things (paper towel bar, shop towel, solvent residue close to the towel) while I ran to the extinguisher.
This "article" is just an ad, and shouldn't exist without actual journalism going on, but let's not pretend wood can't be fire resistant.
did you reply to the wrong comment? i specifically said that i don't think wood in the blades really makes sense