Long-term Climate Strategy and Financial Performance
AFFORDABLE AND
CLEAN ENERGY
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
RESPONSIBLE
12 CONSUMPTION
AND PRODUCTION
CLIMATE
13 ACTION
Circular economy - Focus Wind
f Inputs Material
Main materials used:
> Steel
Concrete
> Fiberglass
> Copper
Aluminium
∞ Useful Life
> 25 years average lifetime
> Expected volume at end of life
considering the installed capacity¹:
-
- 970 MW before 2030
~ 1.700 MW 2031-35
~ 4.000 MW 2036-40
~ 10.000 MW after 2040
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New Life Cycle
Current recyclability of WTGs
-
~ 80% (steel, aluminium, copper
already fully recycled)
-
Estimated recyclability of WTGS
at 2025 90% (improvement in the
recycling of fiberglass)
KEY INITIATIVES (examples)
New solutions for wind
1.
End of 2021.
Development of new materials more
sustainable, performing and
recyclable through collaboration with
start-ups and major players (e.g.
wood based tower with a potential
CO2 reduction per KWh of 90%).
Recycling plant for
wind blades
In Spain (capacity 6.000 tons/year), and
in Italy (capacity 4.000 tons/year)
With the aim of reusing recycled
fiberglass back into the wind
energy sector and other sectors
that may require such composites.
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