Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development has sustainability been achieved?

Tuulivoimaenergiaa pidetään yhtenä lupaavimmasta uusiutuvan energian lähteistä fossiilisista polttoaineista luovuttaessa ja siirryttäessä kohti kestävämpiä energialähteitä. Tuulivoimalla on kuitenkin näkökohtia, jotka eivät ole ympäristöystävällisiä. Tuulivoimalat ovat alkuperäisten laitevalmistajie...

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Päätekijä: Ridarick, Kristen
Muut tekijät: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2022
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description Tuulivoimaenergiaa pidetään yhtenä lupaavimmasta uusiutuvan energian lähteistä fossiilisista polttoaineista luovuttaessa ja siirryttäessä kohti kestävämpiä energialähteitä. Tuulivoimalla on kuitenkin näkökohtia, jotka eivät ole ympäristöystävällisiä. Tuulivoimalat ovat alkuperäisten laitevalmistajien suunnittelemia ja valmistamia, näillä laitevalmistajilla on valtava vaikutus tuulienergian negatiivisiin ympäristövaikutuksiin voimalan koko elinkaaressa. Negatiiviset näkökohdat liittyvät käyttöiän päättymisen hallintaan ja harvinaisten maametallien käyttöön. Tuulienergiaa pidetään kestävänä, mutta onko se todella kestävää? Tämän opinnäytetyön tavoitteena on tutkia päätöksiä tuuliturbiinien valmistajien näkökulmasta kestävän kehityksen suorituskyvystä ja kestävän kehityksen päätöksentekoon vaikuttavista tekijöistä. Laadullinen tutkimus tehtiin analysoimalla tuulivoimaloiden alkuperäisvalmistajien julkaisemaa kestävän kehityksen käsittelevää dokumentointia, kuten raportteja. Tämän opinnäytetyön tulokset osoittavat, että tuulivoiman alkuperäiset laitevalmistajat pitävät kestävän kehityksen suoritettaan painopisteenä ja pitävät itseään johtajina ja innovoijina. Alkuperäisvalmistajien kestävään kehitykseen päätöksiin vaikuttavat rajapinnoissa tekijät kuten tutkimus ja kehitys, innovaatiot, ylimmän johdon päätöksenteko, kustannukset, kannattavuus, ja riskienhallinta sekä sidosryhmien prioriteetit. Opinnäytetyön tarkoitus on tukea ympäristöpolitiikan päätöksentekoa sekä antaa tuulivoimaloiden valmistajien asiakkaille tietoa tuulivoimala bisneksestä siirryttäessä kohti hiilineutraleita vaihtoehtoja, sillä tuulivoimalat sisältävät yllättäviä negatiivisia kestävään kehitykseen liittyviä haasteita tarkaltessa koko tuulivoimalan elinkaarta. Tuulienergia on kuitenkin arvokas uusiutuva energianlähde, sillä tuulivoimalaenergia voi auttaa yhteiskuntia siirtymään pois fossiilisista energialähteistä. Uusiutuvan tuulienergian haittoja luonnolle on kuitenkin arvioitava ja ennaltaehkäistävä pidemmällä aikavälillä. Tuulivoimalavalmistajilla on luonnollisesti suuri vaikutus arviointeihin sekä suunnitelmallisuuteen kohti kestävää kehitystä sekä ympäristöystävällisyyttä. Wind energy is widely regarded as the most promising renewable energy source for moving away from energy derived from fossil fuels and progressing the sustainable energy transition. However, aspects exist for wind power that are not environmentally friendly. Wind turbines are designed and produced by original equipment manufacturers who have immense influence over wind energy’s negative environmental impacts like end-of-life management and rare earth element use. Wind energy is regarded as sustainable, but is it really? This thesis aims to gain insight on wind turbine manufacturers' perspective on their sustainability performance and the factors influencing sustainability decision making. Qualitative research was conducted by analyzing documentation addressing sustainability published by wind original equipment manufacturers, like sustainability reports. The results of this thesis show that wind power original equipment manufacturers consider their sustainability performance as a main focus and consider themselves leaders and innovators. Factors that influence their decisions around sustainability are related to research and development, innovation, top management decision making, cost, profitability, risk management, and stakeholder priorities. This thesis has implications in practice for policy makers and wind original equipment manufacturers’ customers to fully understand the commitment when promoting wind energy and setting decarbonization goals that are relying on wind power, because negative impacts exist when analyzing wind power beyond the operational life cycle phase. Wind energy is a valuable renewable energy option because it helps society move away from energy derived from fossil fuels. However, the downsides to the environment need to be considered and planned for in the long term, which wind original equipment manufacturers play a key role.
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spellingShingle Ridarick, Kristen Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved? wind original equipment manufacturers sustainability strategy sustainable business model energy transition Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 tuulienergia uusiutuvat energialähteet yritysstrategiat wind energy renewable energy sources corporate strategies
title Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved?
title_full Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved?
title_fullStr Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved? Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved?
title_full_unstemmed Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved? Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved?
title_short Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development
title_sort wind original equipment manufacturers sustainability strategy development has sustainability been achieved
title_sub has sustainability been achieved?
title_txtP Wind original equipment manufacturers' sustainability strategy development : has sustainability been achieved?
topic wind original equipment manufacturers sustainability strategy sustainable business model energy transition Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 tuulienergia uusiutuvat energialähteet yritysstrategiat wind energy renewable energy sources corporate strategies
topic_facet 20425 Corporate Environmental Management Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen corporate strategies energy transition renewable energy sources sustainability strategy sustainable business model tuulienergia uusiutuvat energialähteet wind energy wind original equipment manufacturers yritysstrategiat
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