Andrew Claridge, O&M Manager explains: “ We partnered with BGB because of their expertise, industry knowledge and personal approach. When they mentioned the opportunity to work together on a repair and recycling project we jumped at the chance. Sustainability and environmental performance are very important here at Vattenfall as we hope to be carbon free within one generation .” In the event of an irreparable unit, we developed a new process to recover the hubs from the slip rings, separate out the metals and the thermoplastics. The hubs and terminal plates could now be reused in new slip rings, reducing the cost and new metal required. The improvement in material recovery can be seen in the graph.
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REUSE Old Method
REUSE New Method
Implementing repair and recycling practices postproduction is sub-optimal. Today BGB applies circular economic principles into its design processes. Rather than designing purely for cost, we work with like-minded partners before the specification stage to factor in the complete life of the component within the wind turbine with a focus on serviceability.
The Future
“...opportunity to work together on a repair and recycling project, we jumped at the chance...”
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