House of Sustainable Transitions
Knowledge Institute
VUB
Address
Pleinlaan 5, 1050 Brussel
Our offshore wind expertise (general)
Material flows and circularity
Environmental impact and techno-economic feasibility of end-of-life strategies
Our group was/is involved in these key offshore wind projects:
The PhDs of Jade Vetters and Célestin Demuytere within the CTO project (Circular Transition in Offshore wind). Gwenny Thomassen, at that time a postdoc in UGent and UAntwerp but now professor in VUB, was involved as promotor of two PhDs (and co-wrote the project proposal).
Our relevant equipment | tools | infrastructure
for offshore wind:
Life cycle assessment software
Mainly expertise regarding quantitative sustainability assessment methods
8.2.4 Circularity and/or criticality assessment
8.2 Environmental impact analysis
6.3 Re-use and Repowering
6. End-of-Life
8.2.3 Life cycle assessment
8.1 Economic and Financial Analysis
6.2 Lifetime extension strategies
8.1.4 Life cycle costing
6.5 Recycling
6.1 Residual lifetime assessment
8.1.2 Cost reduction strategies and LCOE analysis
6.4 Dismantling techniques & operations
8. Economic, Environmental and Social impact
Our offshore wind expertise (all lifecycle stages)
