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(Sweden) Christmas tree wood used to build world's tallest wooden wind turbine (www.envirolink.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is probably the best use of Christmas trees (though it’s up for debate whether it’s a good idea to cut down spruce trees to begin with).

Side note: it was hard to find this story on a website that’s not exclusive access or enshitified. Even the company who built the turbine (#Modvion) has a tor-hostile website themselves.

According to the BBC Newsroom they use glue instead of bolts to hold it together.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Iirc wind turbine blades are the largest user of balsa wood in the world. Of course they cover it in fiberglass and resin to make it stronger...