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View article: Circularity Futures Workshop Series: Summary Report
Circularity Futures Workshop Series: Summary Report Open
The aim of this report is to synthesize key feedback received from the three-part Circularity Futures workshop series held in Spring 2024. The workshop series was conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on behalf of U.…
View article: Recycling Wind Energy Systems in the United States Part 1: Providing a Baseline for America's Wind Energy Recycling Infrastructure for Wind Turbines and Systems
Recycling Wind Energy Systems in the United States Part 1: Providing a Baseline for America's Wind Energy Recycling Infrastructure for Wind Turbines and Systems Open
The U.S. investments in building this new wind energy capacity will not only mobilize millions of tons of raw and processed materials in existing supply chains, some of which are critical materials, but also create new types and large volu…
View article: 2024 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies
2024 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies Open
These data provide the 2024 update of the Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB). Starting in 2015 NREL has presented the ATB, consisting of detailed cost and performance data, both current and projected, for electricity generation a…
View article: Incorporating Wind Turbine Choice in High-Resolution Geospatial Supply Curve and Capacity Expansion Models
Incorporating Wind Turbine Choice in High-Resolution Geospatial Supply Curve and Capacity Expansion Models Open
To achieve national decarbonization goals, U.S. annual deployment of wind energy will need to increase by at least fivefold compared to the recent past. Modeling and analysis frameworks can help inform where and how wind energy deployment …
View article: Assessing the Performance of a Circular Economy for Wind Energy Technologies: A Summary of Three Analytical Tools
Assessing the Performance of a Circular Economy for Wind Energy Technologies: A Summary of Three Analytical Tools Open
A circular economy emphasizes the efficient use of all resources and presents opportunities for addressing series of economic and environmental objectives at local, regional, and national levels. Despite anticipated overall benefits to soc…
View article: Materials Used in U.S. Wind Energy Technologies: Quantities and Availability for Two Future Scenarios
Materials Used in U.S. Wind Energy Technologies: Quantities and Availability for Two Future Scenarios Open
Achieving a net zero emissions economy by 2050 will require at least a three-fold increase in the current rate of U.S. wind energy deployment. The increased demand for raw and processed materials needed to fulfill this goal could pose chal…
View article: Renewable Energy Materials Properties Database: Summary
Renewable Energy Materials Properties Database: Summary Open
Renewable energy is providing a growing share of electricity generation in the United States, with generation from utility scale wind and solar increasing by 12% and 29%, respectively, in 2020 (EIA 2021). Installation of new renewable ener…
View article: Agent‐based modeling and simulation for the circular economy: Lessons learned and path forward
Agent‐based modeling and simulation for the circular economy: Lessons learned and path forward Open
Circular economy aims at decoupling human activities from resource use and creating wealth. However, many have questioned the link between increased circularity and sustainability, resulting in several methodological approaches being devel…
View article: Modeling Systems’ Disruption and Social Acceptance—A Proof-of-Concept Leveraging Reinforcement Learning
Modeling Systems’ Disruption and Social Acceptance—A Proof-of-Concept Leveraging Reinforcement Learning Open
As the need for a just and equitable energy transition accelerates, disruptive clean energy technologies are becoming more visible to the public. Clean energy technologies, such as solar photovoltaics and wind power, can substantially cont…
View article: Exploring the Impact of Near-Term Innovations on the Technical Potential of Land-Based Wind Energy
Exploring the Impact of Near-Term Innovations on the Technical Potential of Land-Based Wind Energy Open
Land based wind may play a critical role in reaching emissions reductions goals and high renewable contribution scenarios with capacity expansion modeling results estimating over 1 terawatt of land-based wind by 2035 to reach 100% clean el…
View article: 2023 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies
2023 Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) Cost and Performance Data for Electricity Generation Technologies Open
These data provide the 2023 update of the Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB). Starting in 2015 NREL has presented the ATB, consisting of detailed cost and performance data, both current and projected, for electricity generation a…
View article: Agent-Based Modeling for the Circular Economy: Lessons Learned From Three Case Studies
Agent-Based Modeling for the Circular Economy: Lessons Learned From Three Case Studies Open
The circular economy (CE) aims at decoupling human activities from resource use, creating wealth in the process. Recently, many scholars have questioned the link between increased circularity and sustainability, resulting in many methodolo…
View article: The Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and Visualization Framework - CELAVI
The Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and Visualization Framework - CELAVI Open
A circular economy (CE) aims to decouple human activities from economic growth and resource use, and its overall goal is reducing or avoiding negative environmental externalities. The newly developed Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment a…
View article: Annual Technology Baseline: The 2022 Electricity Update
Annual Technology Baseline: The 2022 Electricity Update Open
Consistent cost and performance data for various electricity generation technologies can be difficult to find and may change frequently for certain technologies. With the Annual Technology Baseline (ATB), the National Renewable Energy Labo…
View article: CELAVI (Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and VIsualization) v.1.3.1 9/30/2022 [SWR-20-87]
CELAVI (Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and VIsualization) v.1.3.1 9/30/2022 [SWR-20-87] Open
A circular economy emphasizes the efficient use of all resources (e.g., materials, land, water). Despite anticipated overall benefits to society, the transition to a circular economy is likely to create regional differences in impacts. Cur…
View article: Potential Infrastructure Cost Savings at Hybrid Wind Plus Solar PV Plants
Potential Infrastructure Cost Savings at Hybrid Wind Plus Solar PV Plants Open
This report documents the creation of NREL's Balance of System model for Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (HybridBOSSE). Balance of System (BOS) costs account for approximately 30% of the capital expenditure required to install a land-based…
View article: Scaling trends for balance-of-system costs at land-based wind power plants: Opportunities for innovations in foundation and erection
Scaling trends for balance-of-system costs at land-based wind power plants: Opportunities for innovations in foundation and erection Open
Wind power plant sizes, hub heights, and turbine ratings have increased since 2008 to optimize the cost and performance of wind power; however, the limits of these economies of scale remain unclear. Here, we explore how the costs incurred …
View article: An Overview of the Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and VIsualization (CELAVI) Framework
An Overview of the Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and VIsualization (CELAVI) Framework Open
A circular economy emphasizes the efficient use of all resources (e.g., materials, land, water). Despite anticipated overall benefits to society, the transition to a circular economy is likely to create regional differences in impacts. Cur…
View article: Critical Literature Review of Quantitative Sustainability Assessment Methods for the Circular Economy
Critical Literature Review of Quantitative Sustainability Assessment Methods for the Circular Economy Open
The circular economy (CE) has been proposed to be an operational framework for sustainable development that decouples economic growth from resource consumption. The CE ambition is to maximize the retention of value in products, materials, …
View article: The Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and Visualization Framework: A Case Study of Wind Blade Circularity in Texas
The Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and Visualization Framework: A Case Study of Wind Blade Circularity in Texas Open
Moving the current linear economy toward circularity is expected to have environmental, economic, and social impacts. Various modeling methods, including economic input-output modeling, life cycle assessment, agent-based modeling, and syst…
View article: Do We Need a New Sustainability Assessment Method for the Circular Economy? A Critical Literature Review
Do We Need a New Sustainability Assessment Method for the Circular Economy? A Critical Literature Review Open
The goal of the circular economy (CE) is to transition from today's take-make-waste linear pattern of production and consumption to a circular system in which the societal value of products, materials, and resources is maximized over time.…
View article: CELAVI (Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and VIsualization) [SWR-20-87]
CELAVI (Circular Economy Lifecycle Assessment and VIsualization) [SWR-20-87] Open
A circular economy emphasizes the efficient use of all resources (e.g., materials, land, water). Despite anticipated overall benefits to society, the transition to a circular economy is likely to create regional differences in impacts. Cur…
View article: WOMBAT (Windfarm Operations and Maintenance cost-Benefit Analysis Tool) WISDEM® [SWR-21-68]
WOMBAT (Windfarm Operations and Maintenance cost-Benefit Analysis Tool) WISDEM® [SWR-21-68] Open
The windfarm operations and maintenance cost-benefit analysis tool (WOMBAT) is software to simulate the operations and maintenance phase of either onshore or offshore windfarms. WOMBAT is a medium-fidelity tool that is designed to model tu…
View article: An Overview of the Waste-to-Energy System Simulation (WESyS) Model
An Overview of the Waste-to-Energy System Simulation (WESyS) Model Open
The leveraging of waste streams for energy and chemical production could add revenue to waste disposal operations, and it presents opportunities for addressing a variety of economic and environmental objectives at the local, state, and nat…
View article: Technical Assistance from NREL to Wind Tower Technologies
Technical Assistance from NREL to Wind Tower Technologies Open
This effort will use NREL capabilities in techno-economic analysis to evaluate a technology developed by Wind Tower Technologies (WTT) for an onsite process for building concrete towers using a precast mated mold process. This technology e…