Producer responsibility: Defining the incentive for recycling composite wind turbine blades in Europe

Energy Policy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-21

  Cherrington, R ^a   Goodship, V ^a   Meredith, J ^a   Wood, B M ^a   Coles, S R ^a   Vuillaume, A ^b   Feito Boirac, A ^b   Spee, F ^b   Kirwan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b West Medina Mills   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite; Legislation; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

BLADE SYSTEMS; COMPOSITE WIND TURBINE BLADE; END-OF-LIFE; ENERGY RECOVERY; FUTURE METHODS; RECYCLABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY; WIND ENERGY GENERATION; WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY; WIND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON FIBERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

COMPOSITE; LEGISLATION; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84862263243     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.076     Document Type: Article

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