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Enel and Energy Vault sign partnership to design circular solutions
Official Press Release Enel Green Power:
Wind power and energy storage converge in the name of circular innovation
A partnership agreement between Enel Green Power and the Swiss energy storage company Energy Vault aims to integrate the recycling of decommissioned wind turbine blades into the weights used by their innovative gravitational energy storage system.
Wind power – and the number of clean energy-producing wind power plants – has increased new capacity by a record 53% in 2020 and is set to continue its exponential growth in the coming years. This is very good news on the renewables front but also brings with it a series of considerations that cannot be ignored: in particular, the need to identify circular solutions for when these plants are dismantled at the end of their life cycles. This necessity, together with the important goals of decarbonization and reaching... ... More: Official Press Release Enel Green Power
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