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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2025

Developing onshore wind farms in Aotearoa New Zealand: carbon and energy footprints.

Isabella Pimentel Pincelli, Jim Hinkley, Alan Brent

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Isabella Pimentel PincelliSustainable Energy Systems, Wellington Faculty of Engineering, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1027-7516
Jim HinkleySustainable Energy Systems, Wellington Faculty of Engineering, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4069-7362
Alan BrentSustainable Energy Systems, Wellington Faculty of Engineering, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-4512

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recognition of deeper insights into the implications of wind farm deployments, this paper addresses the need for an updated Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for onshore wind generation systems, using 4.3 MW wind turbines and direct drive permanent magnet synchronous generators. The environmental and energy performances were estimated through an LCA for an onshore wind plant under construction in Aotearoa New Zealand with a total nameplate capacity of 176 MW. This study used real construction data showing literature data overestimates civil works and underestimates transportation contributions in the wind farm footprint. Further, different end-of-life management alternatives for turbine blades are analysed: landfill, mechanical recycling, and chemical recycling. The results indicate a carbon footprint of 10.8-9.7 gCO

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blade recyclingenergy return on investmentgreenhouse gas emissionslife cycle assessmentpermanent magnetWind energy

Identifiers

PMID40337503
PMCPMC12054583

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