Swedish developer Vattenfall has announced an immediate ban on the landfill of nacelle canopies and nose cones.
It builds on the company’s 2021 commitment to recycle 50% of all wind turbine blades from its wind farms by 2025 and 100% by 2025.
Earlier this month, Vattenfall also committed to achieving 100% circular outflow of permanent magnets from decommissioned wind farms by 2030.
“Expanding our recycling target is a crucial step towards achieving a circular business by 2030,” said Eva Julius-Philipp, director of environment and sustainability at Vattenfall BA Wind. “Our aim is to ensure that all decommissioned turbine composite materials are processed through circular methods – such as reuse, refurbishment repurposing and recycling.”
Vattenfall, as a partner, has also supported the launch of the Circular Wind Guide by Netherlands-based consultany Echt regie in transitie and the University of Leeds in the UK at WindEnergy Hamburg 2024.
The guide, based on the scientific publication “A Framework and Baseline for the Integration of a Sustainable Circular Economy in Offshore Wind” by Anne Velenturf from the University of Leeds, introduces implemented circular strategies for the wind sector.
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