Wind Turbine Blade Waste Circularity Coupled with Urban Regeneration: A Conceptual Framework

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F23%3A97314" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/23:97314 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16031464" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16031464</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16031464" target="_blank" >10.3390/en16031464</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Wind Turbine Blade Waste Circularity Coupled with Urban Regeneration: A Conceptual Framework

Original language description

With the vast majority of scientists agreeing that the only hope in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change is to drop our carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, the decarbonization of the electricity sector is an environmental emergency. Wind energy can be a leader in the energy transition to a carbon emission-free economy. However, the wind energy transition must be carefully implemented to mitigate the economic, environmental, and social consequences of this change. Blade waste from end-of-life wind turbines is the Achilles' heel of this energy transition and the main impediment to its full acceptance. Aiming to support efficient blade waste management and therefore to ensure sustainable wind energy transition, we conduct a two-fold methodology. In the first part, we propose a novel conceptual framework of upcycling and downcycling end-of-life solutions in an urban regeneration setting. In the second part, we use the case study method to illustrate the aspects of our conceptual framework by analyzing real life case studies. This study suggests that end-of-life blades are used in the cement coprocessing of waste and in architectural projects under urban regeneration transformation processes, closing the material loop according to the circular economy and sustainability principles.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Energies

ISSN

1996-1073

e-ISSN

1996-1073

Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

1-17

UT code for WoS article

000930721300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85147857323