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How will China deal with wind turbine blade waste?

Wind power supply chains are evolving as markets expand to reach climate goals. With the largest installed wind power capacity globally, China must deal with increasing composite turbine waste and anticipate its associated costs. Here we predict the quantity and composition of wind turbine blade waste based on historic deployment.

Will China slow down the growth of PV & wind power?

There is also a chance that the growth of PV and wind power in China slows down owing to decreasing governmental subsides 20, a lack of transmission infrastructure 6 and restrictions for protecting agricultural, industrial and urban lands 21.

Are composite wind turbine blades causing mounting waste?

However, the promising trajectory of wind power adoption brings forth a consequential challenge—the mounting waste generated by composite wind turbine blades arising from both manufacturing and end-of-life processes.

Does wind turbine capacity increase blade waste generation?

While existing studies have only presented a cursory estimation of the global and national blade waste generation 7, 18, 19, 20, they have not considered the impact of periodic increases in wind turbine capacity 21, and have lacked resolution in the inventory models when considering waste management strategies 22.

What is the power-use efficiency of PV and wind power plants?

By considering the flexible power load with UHV and energy storage, the power-use efficiency for PV and wind power plants is estimated when the electrification rate in 2060 increases from 0 to 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% (a) and the power generation by other renewables in 2060 increases from 0 to 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 PWh year −1 (b).

What is a wind turbine blade waste prediction model?

The wind turbine blade waste prediction model accounts for historic deployment of wind turbines and projections of future installations to 2050. For the blade manufacturing sites, the future capacity layout is developed on the existing layout.