Investigation of the best possible methods for wind turbine blade waste management by using GIS and FAHP: Turkey case

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dc.contributor.authorOzturk, Samet
dc.contributor.authorKaripoglu, Fatih
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T21:04:54Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T21:04:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study is to present the status and projections of wind turbine blade retirement in Turkey; to investigate the number of retiring WT blades in the regional, manufacturer, and material aspects; and to discuss the management methods for retired WT blades. To determine the best possible wind turbine blade waste management methods for Turkey, a combined application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) is used in this study. It is found that around nine thousand WT blades will become waste between 2020 and 2039 in Turkey, corresponding to around 80,500 tons of waste. On average, 52,325 tons of glass/carbon and 28,175 tons of polymers will be accumulated between 2020 and 2039 from wind turbine blades. More than half of the WT blade waste will come from two WT manufacturers, namely, Enercon and Nordex. Aegean and Marmara regions will provide 74% of the blade waste, where 33% of them will be 2 MW and 2.5 MW sizes of WT blades. Furthermore, a case study is applied to Izmir city to demonstrate the results of FAHP for finding the best available method to dispose of WT blades. The results show that using blade waste as filling material is the best alternative, while waste-to-energy is the last favorable option for blade waste management. Finally, sensitivity analyses are applied to demonstrate the robustness of the results for the inclusion of new alternatives and the bias of experts' judgments.
dc.description.sponsorshipGlobal WTERT Council
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Global WTERT Council.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11356-022-23256-6
dc.identifier.endpage15033
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344
dc.identifier.issn1614-7499
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.pmid36168016
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85139152653
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage15020
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23256-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/6718
dc.identifier.volume30
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000860427500022
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260212
dc.subjectWind turbine blade waste
dc.subjectFAHP
dc.subjectGIS
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleInvestigation of the best possible methods for wind turbine blade waste management by using GIS and FAHP: Turkey case
dc.typeArticle

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