A mini-review of end-of-life management of wind turbines: Current practices and closing the circular economy gap

SM Woo, J Whale - Waste Management & Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Renewable energy generation and increased electrification are pivotal to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. Consequently, global …

Economic and sensitivity analysis on wind farm end-of-life strategies

GNP Leite, F Weschenfelder, JG de Farias… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind energy is a renewable energy source gaining significant attention lately, with the first
wind farms nearing the end of their operational lives. With increasing installed capacity, a …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptance should not be assumed. How the dynamics of social acceptance changes over time, impacting onshore wind repowering

R Windemer - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Local community acceptance is a key influence on wind farm siting decisions. However,
there is a temporal limitation to much social acceptance literature in that it does not consider …

Multifaceted drivers for onshore wind energy repowering and their implications for energy transition

L Kitzing, MK Jensen, T Telsnig, E Lantz - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Wind energy is anticipated to become a backbone of the future energy system. Ageing wind
turbine fleets, increasing land-use constraints and rising relevance of societal factors make …

[HTML][HTML] Wind turbines in managed forests partially displace common birds

F Rehling, A Delius, J Ellerbrok, N Farwig… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind turbines are increasingly being installed in forests, which can lead to land use disputes
between climate mitigation efforts and nature conservation. Environmental impact …

Assessment of different end-of-life strategies for wind power plants under uncertainty

FJ Ramírez, R Villena-Ruiz… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The enormous rise in installed wind power capacity worldwide over the last twenty years
means most of the wind power plants will soon reach their end-of-life of service. The …

A novel resonant controller for sea-induced rotor blade vibratory loads reduction on floating offshore wind turbines

L Pustina, J Serafini, C Pasquali, L Solero… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel multi-layer control approach for offshore floating wind turbines is presented, suitable
for alleviating the vibratory loads while keeping the generator power output stable. It consists …

Wind repowering: Unveiling a hidden asset

H Doukas, A Arsenopoulos, M Lazoglou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Given the abundant availability of resources, the market potential, and their cost
competitiveness, onshore wind farms and photovoltaic units are expected to drive the overall …

Onshore wind farm development: Technologies and layouts

F Haces-Fernandez, M Cruz-Mendoza, H Li - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Significantly growing wind energy is being contemplated as one of the main avenues to
reduce carbon footprints and decrease global risks associated with climate change …

Sustainability Implications of Current Approaches to End-of-Life of Wind Turbine Blades—A Review

EL Delaney, PG Leahy, JM McKinley, TR Gentry… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the sustainability of wind power has been called into question because there
are currently no truly sustainable solutions to the problem of how to deal with the non …