Vestas sets zero-waste production goal

WINDSOR and BRIGHTON — Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the Danish wind-energy company, will work toward production of zero-waste wind turbines by 2040.

The company set the target date for zero-waste production last week. The goal will mean changes at both the Windsor blade-production facility and the Brighton nacelle plant.

“Establishing such an ambitious goal for waste reduction is paramount to ensuring a better world for future generations,” Vestas executive vice president Anders Vedel said in a written statement. “Leading the wind industry is not enough to combat the global challenges we face today. If we are to spearhead the energy transition, we must be an example for doing so in the most sustainable way, and this involves making sustainability part of everything we do”.

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First step will be a focus on improving the recyclability of all wind-turbine blades, the company said.

Christopher Wood

Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.