Indicators for sustainability assessment of renewables
- authored by
- P. Schaumann, A. Bechtel, H. J. Wagner, N. Stranghöner
- Abstract
Environmental and operational loads are the design drivers of steel support structures for Offshore Wind Turbines (OWT). Besides design and installation a holistic design also includes sustainability aspects which dominate the decision process and the cost effectiveness of future offshore wind parks. The German research project 'NaStafEE' deals with criteria describing the sustainability of support structures of OWT regarding social, environmental, economical, technical and procedural effects. A conducted life-cycle assessment (LCA) gives first results about the sustainability of steel substructures of OWTs.
- Organisation(s)
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Institute of Steel Construction
- External Organisation(s)
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
University of Duisburg-Essen
- Type
- Conference contribution
- Pages
- 1745-1752
- No. of pages
- 8
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
