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Swiss prototype mounts solar panels on recycled wind turbine blades

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Swiss prototype mounts solar panels on recycled wind turbine blades

A Swiss startup is hoping to turn one of the wind industry’s most challenging waste problems into an opportunity by mounting solar panels on used wind turbine blades.

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