Environmentally Oriented Analysis of Benefits and Expenditures in the Life Cycle of a Wind Power Plant

Sobaszek, Łukasz; Piasecka, Izabela; Flizikowski, Józef; Tomporowski, Andrzej; Sokolovskij, Edgar; Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja

doi:10.3390/ma16020538

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Environmentally Oriented Analysis of Benefits and Expenditures in the Life Cycle of a Wind Power Plant

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Łukasz Sobaszek

¹

,

Izabela Piasecka

²,

Józef Flizikowski

²,

Andrzej Tomporowski

²,

Edgar Sokolovskij

³

and

Patrycja Bałdowska-Witos

^2,*

¹

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

²

Department of Machines and Technical Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sciences and Technology in Bydgoszcz, Al. Prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland

³

Department of Automobile Engineering, Faculty of Transport Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, J. Basanaviciaus str. 28B, LT-03224 Vilnius, Lithuania

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Materials 2023, 16(2), 538; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020538

Submission received: 6 November 2022 / Revised: 16 December 2022 / Accepted: 30 December 2022 / Published: 5 January 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Designs of Materials, Machines and Processes in a Circular Economy)

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The motivation for this study was the need to extend and supplement the previously conducted research on technical objects in the renewable energy sector with analyses of the environmental impact of the production, operation and post-operational development stages of the wind power plant. The main purpose of the work was to investigate, analyze and assess the ecological effects of a real facility, which is a 2 MW Vestas V90/105 m wind farm, throughout its life cycle. The life cycle assessment analysis of the 2 MW wind power plant was performed using Impact 2002+ modeling. The results are presented for all impact levels and categories. The production stage was characterized by the highest total level of harmful effect. The use of recycling reduces the negative impacts of the life cycle by 6.5%. The investigated technical facility has the greatest negative impact during the production stage, especially in the area of depletion of fossil resources and human health.

Keywords: wind farms; renewable energy sources; Impact 2002+; life cycle assessment

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Sobaszek, Ł.; Piasecka, I.; Flizikowski, J.; Tomporowski, A.; Sokolovskij, E.; Bałdowska-Witos, P. Environmentally Oriented Analysis of Benefits and Expenditures in the Life Cycle of a Wind Power Plant. Materials 2023, 16, 538. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020538

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Sobaszek Ł, Piasecka I, Flizikowski J, Tomporowski A, Sokolovskij E, Bałdowska-Witos P. Environmentally Oriented Analysis of Benefits and Expenditures in the Life Cycle of a Wind Power Plant. Materials. 2023; 16(2):538. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020538

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Sobaszek, Łukasz, Izabela Piasecka, Józef Flizikowski, Andrzej Tomporowski, Edgar Sokolovskij, and Patrycja Bałdowska-Witos. 2023. "Environmentally Oriented Analysis of Benefits and Expenditures in the Life Cycle of a Wind Power Plant" Materials 16, no. 2: 538. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020538

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Sobaszek, Ł., Piasecka, I., Flizikowski, J., Tomporowski, A., Sokolovskij, E., & Bałdowska-Witos, P. (2023). Environmentally Oriented Analysis of Benefits and Expenditures in the Life Cycle of a Wind Power Plant. Materials, 16(2), 538. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020538

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