TY - CHAP

T1 - Circular Supply Chain Management in the Wind Energy Industry - A Systematic Literature Review

AU - Kramer, Kathrin

AU - Schmidt, Matthias

N1 - Conference code: 18

PY - 2023/4/26

Y1 - 2023/4/26

N2 - The shift to a circular economy and the use of wind energy are key components in achieving the climate goals that some governments like Germany have set for themselves. Nevertheless, the wind energy industry is still predominantly organized as a linear system. Therefore, this paper outlines the existing research on the wind energy supply chain and embeds it in the context of a circular economy. The results show that some aspects of the circular economy have recently gained attention. For instance, the recycling of wind turbine blades is often discussed in literature. However, circular thinking is still underrepresented in supply chain management research. For example, studies on return, recover and deliver processes are rare. By presenting a structured overview of the current state of research, an agenda for future investigations can be derived. Hence, this publication makes a clear contribution towards becoming more circular in the wind energy supply chain.

AB - The shift to a circular economy and the use of wind energy are key components in achieving the climate goals that some governments like Germany have set for themselves. Nevertheless, the wind energy industry is still predominantly organized as a linear system. Therefore, this paper outlines the existing research on the wind energy supply chain and embeds it in the context of a circular economy. The results show that some aspects of the circular economy have recently gained attention. For instance, the recycling of wind turbine blades is often discussed in literature. However, circular thinking is still underrepresented in supply chain management research. For example, studies on return, recover and deliver processes are rare. By presenting a structured overview of the current state of research, an agenda for future investigations can be derived. Hence, this publication makes a clear contribution towards becoming more circular in the wind energy supply chain.

KW - Engineering

KW - Circular Supply Chain Management

KW - Sustainability

KW - Circular Economy

KW - Wind Energy

KW - Literature Review

KW - Supply Chain Management

UR - https://d-nb.info/1287017010

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161412018&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7650671c-bde5-37d3-ae75-27b3f61d3a82/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_10

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_10

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 978-3-031-28838-8

T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

SP - 85

EP - 93

BT - Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy

A2 - Kohl, Holger

A2 - Seliger, Günther

A2 - Dietrich, Franz

PB - Springer Schweiz

CY - Cham

T2 - 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing 2022

Y2 - 5 October 2022 through 7 October 2022

ER -