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PUC orders NextEra to remove pile of wind turbine blades
Credit: "Grand Meadow says goodbye to a pile of wind turbine blades" · By Matt Rineer · Published: Oct. 4, 2024 at kttc.com ~~
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For the last four years, Grand Meadow watched a pile of wind turbine blades collect dust, but this will no longer be the case.
The mountain of metal that has been a headache for Grand Meadow is finally being removed. The blades, originally, were part of a wind farm south of Grand Meadow before they were replaced in 2020. The blades were then placed in a lot in the city’s industrial park.
However, what was supposed to take a few months of waiting turned into years. Next Era Energy was the company that originally owned the farm. The organization hired an outside company to remove and dispose of the blades, but due to various reasons, the blades were not moved.
“People have been angry about it. They’ve been pretty mad that they weren’t supposed to be here in the first place,” Grand Meadow City Administrator James Christian said. “I’ve been fighting for the last four years myself.”
It was not until the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission stepped in and ordered NextEra to remove the blades, and that process is now under way.
“I think people’s feelings about this, over the past four years, they’ve gotten so angry about it. It’s a sense of relief to see them finally going,” Christian said.
Christian said workers expect the turbines to be removed within the next two weeks. Afterwards, the turbine blades will be sent to a recycling plant in Iowa.
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