For years, Sweetwater, Texas proclaimed itself to be the Wind Energy Capital of North America. Now the city that took pride in the industry is facing a new challenge—what to do with all the old and out dated huge wind turbine blades.
Sweetwater is working on a solution of how to dispose of the decommissioned wind turbine blades, a problem faced by cities in Wyoming where huge graves were built for the blades that in some cases are longer than the wings of a 747 airliner.
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