Strauss Wind Turbine Transport Postponed Until Next Week

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Update by Caltrans
August 24, 2021

The large transport vehicles that planned to use various state highways this week to deliver wind turbine blades to the Lompoc area has been postponed and will now take place next week with exact times and dates to be announced when certain.

The transports will leave the Port of Stockton via Interstate 5 and arrive in San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara Counties using Highway 46 East to southbound US 101, Union Valley Parkway, State Route 135 and Highway 1 during the overnight hours. These trips are expected to occur intermittently over the next three months.

Upon delivery and transfer of these blades onto Blade Lifter Trucks, the transport vehicles will collapse in size and return along the same route to Stockton, originating on Highway 1 and State Route 246 through Lompoc during the morning hours.

These vehicles will be escorted by the California Highway Patrol (CHP).  Electronic Message Boards will inform travelers about this project managed by Baywa r.e. of Sacramento, under permit from Caltrans.                                                 

For traffic updates on state highways on the Central Coast, travelers may contact Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs at 805-549-3318 or can visit the District 5 website at: https//dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-5       

Source: Caltrans
August 21, 2021

Three large transport vehicles will use various state highways next week to deliver wind turbine blades to the Lompoc area beginning Wednesday, August 25.

The transports will leave the Port of Stockton via Interstate 5 on Wednesday, August 25 and arrive in San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara Counties using Highway 46 East to southbound US 101,  Union Valley Parkway, State Route 135 and Highway 1 during the overnight hours. These trips are expected to occur intermittently over the next three months.

Upon delivery and transfer of these blades onto Blade Lifter Trucks, the transport vehicles will collapse in size and return along the same route back to Stockton, originating on Highway 1 and State Route 246 through Lompoc on Thursday, August 26 between 9 am and 4 pm with the preferred time from 9 am to 11 am.

These vehicles will be escorted by the California Highway Patrol (CHP).  Electronic Message Boards have will inform travelers about this project which managed by Baywa r.e. of Sacramento, under permit from Caltrans.                                                    

For traffic updates on state highways on the Central Coast, travelers may contact Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs at 805-549-3318 or can visit the District 5 website at: https//dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-5  

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Aug 24, 2021 01:06 PM
Strauss Wind Turbine Transport Postponed Until Next Week

To GENERALTREE: Good point. I've toured wind farms and was shocked at how many abandoned oil derricks, pipelines (rusting and oily), well structures and other abandoned oil facilities were littered around the farms and ranch lands out in the mid west. Never yet seen a pile of "broken blades" though!

sacjon
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Aug 23, 2021 02:30 PM
Strauss Wind Turbine Transport Postponed Until Next Week

SAIL - no, you said they were dropped and set next to the "windmills," not at the edge of the farms. Further, why, as someone else mentioned here, would they "store" used parts all over the land unless it a designated area? You comment earlier today - "Storing equals laying on the ground next to the windmill!!!!" - is just wrong. It's ok to be wrong. You don't know everything, despite thinking you do.

Sail380
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Aug 23, 2021 02:05 PM
Strauss Wind Turbine Transport Postponed Until Next Week

SACJON
If I could post pictures I would. Several easily found images on google maps showing used Blades and misc. used parts piling up at the edge of the windmill farms. Just take a look at how they are stored and then you can delete your post!!

Sail380
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Aug 23, 2021 12:08 PM
Strauss Wind Turbine Transport Postponed Until Next Week

Sacjon
Been to many, formerly worked in the cement supply business. Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and CA. I'm assuming you have never been to one. Take yourself on a trip to Palm springs and look at the derelict piles of scrap you can see from the 10. and that's what you can see from the road. The good stuff dripping with grease and oil is hidden from view. Fairly short lifespan for the units.

And yes sacjon many farmers will gladly set aside some land for "storage" in exchange for the guaranteed pay instead of risky farming.

sacjon
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Aug 23, 2021 09:56 AM
Strauss Wind Turbine Transport Postponed Until Next Week

Sail - "Storing equals laying on the ground next to the windmill!!!!" That is absolutely, 100% false. Have you every seen a wind farm? There are no blades being "stored" on the ground next to the turbines. Do you really think the farmers and ranchers who lease out their land for these would allow that?

Sail380
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Aug 23, 2021 09:52 AM
Strauss Wind Turbine Transport Postponed Until Next Week

From you Wiki link. "As of 2020, most end-of-use blades are stored or sent to landfills rather than recycled".. Storing equals laying on the ground next to the windmill!!!!
Blades end of use sounds environmentally friendly?

Blade recycling​[edit]

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) predicted that wind energy will supply 28.5% of global energy by 2030.[51] This requires a newer and larger fleet of more efficient turbines and the corresponding decommissioning of older ones. Based on a European Wind Energy Association study, in 2010 between 110 and 140 kilotons of composites were consumed to manufacture blades.[52] The majority of the blade material ends up as waste, and requires recycling. As of 2020, most end-of-use blades are stored or sent to landfills rather than recycled.[53] Typically, glass-fiber-reinforced-polymers (GFRPs) compose of around 70% of the laminate material in the blade. GFRPs hinder incineration and are not combustible.[54] Therefore, conventional recycling methods is inappropriate. Depending on whether individual fibers can be recovered, GFRP recycling involves:
Mechanical Recycling: This method doesn't recover individual fibers. Initial processes involve shredding, crushing, or milling. The crushed pieces are then separated into fiber-rich and resin-rich fractions. These fractions are ultimately incorporated into new composites either as fillers or reinforcements.[55]
Chemical Processing/Pyrolysis: Thermal decomposition of the composites recovers individual fibers. For pyrolysis, the material is heated up to 500 °C in an environment without oxygen, thus causing it to break down into lower weight organic substances and gaseous products. The glass fibers generally lose 50% of their strength and can be downcycled for fiber reinforcement applications in paints or concrete.[56] This can recover up to approximately 19 MJ/kg[54] at relatively high cost. It requires similar mechanical pre-processing.
Direct Structural recycling of composites: The general idea is to reuse the composite as is, which can be achieved especially in larger composite materials by partitioning it into pieces that can be used in other applications as is, without altering the chemical properties of the composite component.[57]

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