Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, has turned a disused wind turbine into a “tiny house”. This idea could open a new life for thousands of turbines when they reach the end of their power generation value.

The group hired designers to come up with the idea of ​​reusing the turbine's nacelle as a living space, rather than recycling the materials entirely.

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A tiny house made from the casing of a decommissioned wind turbine. Photo: Vattenfall

The result was a 20-year-old Vestas V80 2MW turbine in Austria that was repurposed into a “tiny house.” It is the first turbine on the market with a housing large enough to be suitable for housing and compliant with building codes.

“We are looking for innovative ways to reuse materials from old turbines as much as possible,” said Thomas Hjort, Vattenfall’s innovation director. “Creating new products from them with as little modification as possible saves raw materials, reduces energy consumption, and ensures that these materials continue to be useful for many years after the turbines have reached the end of their initial operating life.”

According to Vattenfall and the concept design team, there are currently more than 10,000 turbines of similar size operating and due to be decommissioned in the future.

This “tiny house” was designed by Superuse and realized by Blade-Made and Woodwave. It is one of several wind turbine-related concepts on display at Dutch Design Week.

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