Sweden’s Vattenfall commits to a ban on wind turbines
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Vattenfall says it will recycle all its wind turbines by 2030.
- The US Department of Energy spends $ 61 million on 10 network-interactive, efficient construction projects.
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Vattenfall’s wind turbine
The Swedish company Vattenfall said this week that it will immediately stop sending used wind turbines from wind farms it owns to landfills, and will recycle all its wind turbines by 2030.
Vattenfall says it will reuse, recycle or restore 100% of the removed leaves. Reuters reports:
Until the recycling industry has developed, Vattenfall will mostly rely on a “co-processing” method where the knives are shredded to create a material that can be used to produce cement, the spokesman said.
The company will close its Irene Vorrink wind farm in the Netherlands next year, consisting of 28 turbines or 84 blades, but few wind farms in its portfolio will follow until 2025.
So it gives Vattenfall a couple of years to work out its plan.
Eva Philipp, Head of Environment and Sustainability business area wind at Vattenfall, sa:
Solutions to deal with this challenge do not exist on a large scale today, so significant efforts are required to achieve this long-term goal. Therefore, we will be committed and provide leaflets for research initiatives that will promote further technology innovation and testing of more advanced recycling technologies.
Read more: A 24-year-old Dutch wind farm is closed down. Here’s what’s next
Interactive, efficient buildings
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week $ 61 million for 10 pilot projects that will deploy new technology to transform thousands of homes and workplaces into state-of-the-art, energy-efficient buildings.
These connected groups can interact with the electricity grid to optimize their energy consumption. It will significantly reduce their emissions and reduce energy costs.
Joined groups of network interactive efficient buildings (GEB) use smart controls, sensors and analyzes to communicate with the electricity grid, which reduces the amount of energy they need during periods of highest demand.
One recently DOE study estimated that by 2030, GEBs could save up to $ 18 billion a year in energy system costs and reduce 80 million tons of emissions each year.
The 10 pilot projects spread across the United States is here.
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