What’s the climate impact of building wind turbines?

Update: 2025-06-10

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10 turbines along the horizon from the Barrow Offshore wind turbines in the Irish Sea

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Even though wind turbines offer emission-free energy, manufacturing, transporting and installing those turbines does create greenhouse gases. This week on Possibly we do the math and find that turbines deliver emission savings in less than a year.

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