“…421 MW of wind power was decommissioned in Europe in 2018. 18 It is estimated that 424 to 3305 GW of wind power will be installed by 2040, 19 each of those wind turbines having a lifetime of 20–30 years and containing 25 to 65 kg of NdFeB magnets 20 per GW and 10 tonnes of blade materials 21 per GW. A significant proportion of PGMs supply comes from recycling, 22 with 37 tons of waste PGMs produced from end-of-life vehicles in China alone in 2020.…”
The shift towards renewable energy sources combined with other factors, such as population increase, digitalisation, and a need to decrease carbon footprint, leads to increasing metal consumption. To meet this...
“…421 MW of wind power was decommissioned in Europe in 2018. 18 It is estimated that 424 to 3305 GW of wind power will be installed by 2040, 19 each of those wind turbines having a lifetime of 20–30 years and containing 25 to 65 kg of NdFeB magnets 20 per GW and 10 tonnes of blade materials 21 per GW. A significant proportion of PGMs supply comes from recycling, 22 with 37 tons of waste PGMs produced from end-of-life vehicles in China alone in 2020.…”
The shift towards renewable energy sources combined with other factors, such as population increase, digitalisation, and a need to decrease carbon footprint, leads to increasing metal consumption. To meet this...
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