Circular Economy for the Wind Industry

Renewable Parts (RP) introduces unique circular economy practices into the wind energy industry to improve sustainability of wind energy assets by reducing the emissions of carbon and the amount of waste sent to scrap and landfill. A practice that can and should be utilised across renewable energy and the energy network to ensure green energy is truly sustainable.

 

Highlights

• As a pioneer of circular economy in the wind industry, RP had to create new processes and procedures and work with customers to introduce new circular economy reverse logistic practices
• Development of unique reused packaging for parts including steel braces for yaw gears and wooden boxes for smaller parts
• RP aims to transfer their expertise to the offshore market as well

 

About the practice

The circular economy practice is a supply chain method used in place of a linear economy to produce and supply items to end-users.

Its main objective is to create a more sustainable supply chain throughout the industries it is used in by replacing the “buy-new” philosophy with a “reuse-first” one (refurbishing, reusing, remanufacturing), hereby reducing the requirement to create new products (which can sometimes be one of the main causes of emissions), and the number of items sent to landfill.

The practice also contributes to building local skills and supporting local economies in a sustainable way, shifting their mentality more and more towards circular economy as a “must”.