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@ARTICLE{Schreiber:863775,
author = {Schreiber, Andrea and Marx, Josefine and Zapp, Petra},
title = {{C}omparative life cycle assessment of electricity
generation by different wind turbine types},
journal = {Journal of cleaner production},
volume = {233},
issn = {0959-6526},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-03771},
pages = {561 - 572},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Wind turbines produce electricity with hardly any emissions
during operation. Most environmental impacts are associated
with their manufacture. This work performs a comparative
life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental
impacts of different 3 MW power class wind turbines at a
fictive onshore site in Germany. The three most frequently
installed onshore turbine types are considered: geared
converter with doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), direct
driven synchronous generator (DDSG) electrically excited and
direct drive permanent magnet synchronous generator
(DDPMSG). LCA reveals that environmental impacts are
concentrated during manufacturing of fundament, tower and
nacelle, which account for up to $19\%,$ $30\%$ and $99\%$
of single impacts, respectively. Main drivers are the use of
copper, steel and in case of DDPMSG also the rare earth
permanent magnets. The DDSG shows higher impacts than the
other wind turbines in 14 out of all 15 categories, due to
the higher weight of its nacelle. Impacts due to operation
add up to $3\%.Four$ sensitivity analyses are conducted to
estimate the effects of component replacement, recycling,
origin of rare earths for permanent magnet production for
DDPMSG and electricity yield. Possible recycling options
show the highest improvement potential and even change
turbine types ranking.},
cin = {IEK-STE},
ddc = {330},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
pnm = {153 - Assessment of Energy Systems – Addressing Issues of
Energy Efficiency and Energy Security (POF3-153)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-153},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000479025500045},
doi = {10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.058},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/863775},
}