Orsted
ESRS disclosure: ESRS E5 \ DR E5-2 \ Paragraph 20d
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- Provide a detailed description of the application of circular business practices within your organization. Specifically, outline any actions and resources dedicated to the following areas: (i) value retention actions, including maintenance, repair, refurbishing, remanufacturing, component harvesting, upgrading, reverse logistics, closed loop systems, and second-hand retailing; (ii) value maximisation actions, such as product-service systems and collaborative and sharing economy business models; (iii) end-of-life actions, including recycling, upcycling, and extended producer responsibility; and (iv) systems efficiency actions, such as industrial symbiosis. Ensure that your response aligns with the requirements set forth in Disclosure Requirement E5-2 and ESRS 2 MDR-A.
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Question Id: E5-2_04
In 2024, we completed the decommissioning of our onshore wind farm Owenreagh 1 in Northern Ireland, which had been in operation since 1997 and consisted of 10 wind turbines with a total capacity of 5 MW. We did so in collaboration with Plaswire, with whom we entered into a partnership in 2023. Plaswire enables the recycling of wind blades, as they specialise in the shredding, granulating, and re-moulding required to turn the blade material into, for example, durable polymer. Durable polymer is typically used in the construction industry, and as a result, some of the retired blades may end up being used to produce road marking poles for some of our new onshore wind farms in Ireland, replacing the use of virgin plastics in our own projects. Similarly, we work with the US solar recycling company SOLARCYCLE on the treatment of defective and retired solar panels. With the installation of various solar assets in the US in 2024, we have, where necessary, sent damaged panels to SOLARCYCLE for recycling, demonstrating our ambition to recycle retired solar panels. Our collaborations with Plaswire and SOLARCYCLE are examples of how we engage with partners on our material resource-related impacts. Over the past few years, we have successfully carried out several small-scale recycling pilots in the US and the UK and will continue to leverage retired blades and panels from our assets to help accelerate the maturation of promising, innovative, recycling technologies and solutions in our markets going forward.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%
- Provide a detailed explanation of how your company's targets are aligned with the increase of the circular material use rate, as stipulated under Disclosure Requirement E5-3 concerning resource use and circular economy.
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Question Id: E5-3_03
To enhance our understanding and management of resource inflows, we are actively working with suppliers to explore lower-emissions alternatives and aim to establish closer collaboration for obtaining data on the composition of their products, including the percentage of reused or recycled materials. Steel is a primary focus at this stage, given its significant role in renewable energy infrastructure and its high potential for recyclability.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 65%