澳大利亚的第一个风力农场将关闭,涡轮机将拆除,土地将恢复,以此作为未来退役的典范。 Australia’s first wind farm will shut down, with turbines dismantled and land restored, as a model for future decommissioning.

澳大利亚第一个大型风力农场Cordrington(维多利亚州的Codrington)将由太平洋蓝色公司退役,该公司计划在停止发电后12个月内拆除14台过时的1.3兆瓦涡轮机。 Australia’s first major wind farm, Codrington in Victoria, will be decommissioned by Pacific Blue, which plans to dismantle 14 outdated 1.3-megawatt turbines within 12 months of stopping power generation. 该公司将拆除钢铁、铝、铜和铸铁部件以及1.5米混凝土踏板,但将20 000吨地下地基的大部分埋在土和植被之下。 The company will remove steel, aluminum, copper, and cast iron components and the 1.5-meter concrete pedestals but leave the bulk of the 20,000-tonne underground foundations buried and covered with soil and vegetation. 该场地必须恢复到三个东道地主和监管机构的放牧条件。 The site must be restored to grazing condition for three host landowners and regulators. 太平洋蓝区正在资助UNSW的研究,以制定玻璃纤维和复合涡轮机叶片的回收方法,这是一项重大的行业挑战。 Pacific Blue is funding UNSW research to develop recycling methods for fiberglass and composite turbine blades, a major industry challenge. 该项目可以开创先例,因为110个地点的至少3 000个涡轮机接近报废。 The project could set a precedent as at least 3,000 turbines across 110 sites approach end-of-life.