A Swedish startup has designed a wooden tower for wind turbines that can be taken apart into smaller pieces and assembled on site. The company projects its towers are not only stronger than steel towers, but will also cost 30 percent less than conventional steel and concrete versions. Because these wooden towers can be broken apart into smaller pieces, they could also open wind energy in markets accessed over narrow roads with sharp curves where the largest windmill masts and blades can’t be transported.
Wooden windmills could make wind energy even cheaper
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