Turbines from Scotland’s first onshore windfarm could be turned into playparks, bus shelters and bike racks.
Fred Olsen Renewables is planning to replace 36 turbines at Windy Standard near Carsphairn.
And it has now joined forces with ReBlade to look at ways the existing blades can be reused.
More than 100 turbine blades will no longer be needed but they are notoriously difficult to recycle and repurpose.
The link-up with specialist wind turbine decommissioners ReBlade will look at ways to use the turbines to create items for the local community.
Fred Olsen Renewables project manager, Miles McConville, said: “Windy Standard wind farm has been operating for over 25 years and was one of the first wind farms to be built in Scotland.
“It will also be one of the first to be repowered. We want our repowering proposals to celebrate this legacy and this includes making sure that our proposals lead the way in identifying solutions for the recycling and repurposing of turbine blade materials.
“Working with ReBlade will allow us to explore opportunities to repurpose turbine blades that are removed from site and give them a second lease of life in the local area.
“We are engaging with the local community to find out what they would like to see delivered, and, should our plans be approved, we hope to bring some of those ideas into fruition.”
The partnership between the two firms was signed using a table and bench ReBlade had made from decomissioned turbine blades.
ReBlade managing director Steven Lindsay, who is from Dumfries, said: “ReBlade has been formed with an unrelenting focus on solving the turbine blade waste challenge in a circular way.
“It’s great to be collaborating with a community-minded company like Fred Olsen Renewables, and, for me personally, it’s wonderful to be pioneering this circular innovation in Dumfries and Galloway.
“As the first generation of windfarms start to come down, we are developing practical, workable solutions that will give these blades a purposeful second life - and to do so in a way that creates local jobs and benefits local communities. We are already training local technicians on our blade handling techniques for the 108 turbine blades that are set to come down.
