Fairturbine
report
Nowadays the wind energy industry is mature and wind energy is one of the main sustainable energy sources. This toghether with a societal demand, creates an increased interest in end of-life solutions and circulatity in wind turbine design. The current study is inspired by the Dutch smart phone company FAIRPHONE. They design and manufacture a smart phone with longevity, circularity, fair materials and good working conditions in mind. The aim of the current project is to investigate how these principles can be included into the design of a FAIRTURBINE. In the wind energy industry the main design drivers have been the levelized cost of energy (LCoE) and technical reliability. Beside that, for a FAIRTURBINE the material (resource) selection is based on effective resource use, by slowing down and closing resource loops. Furthermore, the resource choices during mining, manufacturing and product life should lower the environ mental impact and reduce the social impact. In the current project, it is investigated how this can be included into the design. At the moment hands-on criteria are not available. As fair design criteria the following qualitative and quantitative tools are used.
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TNO Identifier
991931
Publisher
TNO
Collation
23 p.
Place of publication
Petten