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ArticleiScience2022

Regional representation of wind stakeholders' end-of-life behaviors and their impact on wind blade circularity.

Julien Walzberg, Aubryn Cooperman, Liam Watts, Annika L Eberle, Alberta Carpenter, Garvin A Heath

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Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Conceptualising systems thinking and complexity modelling for circular economy quantification: A systematic review and critical analysis.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Julien WalzbergNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
Aubryn CoopermanNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
Liam WattsNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
Annika L EberleNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
Alberta CarpenterNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
Garvin A HeathNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing number of end-of-life (EOL) wind blades could further strain US landfills or be a valuable composite materials source, depending on stakeholders' behaviors. Technical solutions based on circular economy (CE) principles have been proposed but are not guaranteed to solve the issue of EOL management. Transitioning to CE implies changing how business models, supply chains, and behaviors deal with products and waste. A spatially resolved agent-based modeling combined with a machine-learning metamodel shows that including behavioral factors is crucial to designing effective policies. Logistical barriers and transportation costs significantly affect the results: lowering blade shredding costs by a third before transportation makes EOL blades a source of valuable materials, decreasing the 2050 cumulative landfill rate below 50%. In another scenario, parameter settings simulating policy interventions aiming at boosting early adoption incites new social norms favorable to recycling, lowering the cumulative landfill rate below 10%.

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Energy ModelingEnergy policyEnergy resourcesEnergy sustainability

Identifiers

PMID35874102
PMCPMC9304601

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