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TxTilly t1_j2q2sy1 wrote

I live in a wind farm area. They suck. They're ugly to boot. Most of them rarely get used. None of them get used to full potential.

The contracts the land owners sign makes the wind turbines the property of the landowner in 30 years. 30 years is the expected life of the turbines here. They are costly to remove once defunct. The land owners will be saddled with that expense. Yet, many they allowed it because they expected to die befor the 30 years is over and will have gained all the income from them. They knowingly left the problem for future generations to clean up.

The companies who built the wind farms should have to pay to clean them up by putting a portion of the profits into escrow for the ckeanup.

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subhunt1860 t1_j2sxhgv wrote

This is not true. The project owner is responsible for removing the turbines and reclaiming the land to its original condition. From the dozens of sites I worked on in the last 6 years, it’s rare to have a low wind day. I assure you power is being generated and the energy producers are making money. If the towers are not running, it may be because of maintenance issues or the electricity is not needed.

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FirmPrinciple2218 t1_j2tni4f wrote

They are high maintenance and require regular lubrication to prevent overheating/fire .. contracts vary from locale to locale .. either way there is no recycling plan at present

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TxTilly t1_j2tkx9t wrote

The contracts I read said exactly what I said. So unless there has been some retroactive legislation to change this, it is still true for the landowners with 20 year old turbines.

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