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    The U.S. will develop on-site assembly of wind turbine blades and connected blades

    • Last Update: 2022-11-19
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    Recently, the U.
    S.
    Energy Administration selected two companies to develop two large-scale wind turbine blade projects, namely Wetzel Engineering, which will develop a field-assembled blade called "SparBlade" using lightweight composite materials and space frame structure; GE will design a connecting blade
    that can be assembled in the wind farm site.

    The U.
    S.
    Department of Energy said the two R&D projects will address the challenges
    of manufacturing, transportation, assembly and installation of wind turbine blades above 60 meters.
    Wetzel Engineering will work with the U.
    S.
    Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Northern Power Systems, TPI Composites and NextEra to develop lightweight on-site assembly blades, which can produce 62~74 meters long blades for large megawatt and high tower wind turbines, which have higher performance, lower weight and lower
    cost.

    GE will work with NREL and TPI Composites to develop connected wind turbine blades that can meet the structural design requirements of next-generation wind turbines while reducing transportation costs
    .
    The project is part of the U.
    S.
    Department of Energy's Clean Energy Production Program, which aims to improve U.
    S.
    competitiveness in the production of clean energy products, as well as U.
    S.
    manufacturing competitiveness
    , by increasing energy productivity.

     

    Recently, the U.
    S.
    Energy Administration selected two companies to develop two large-scale wind turbine blade projects, namely Wetzel Engineering, which will develop a field-assembled blade called "SparBlade" using lightweight composite materials and space frame structure; GE will design a connecting blade
    that can be assembled in the wind farm site.

    Wind turbine blades

    The U.
    S.
    Department of Energy said the two R&D projects will address the challenges
    of manufacturing, transportation, assembly and installation of wind turbine blades above 60 meters.
    Wetzel Engineering will work with the U.
    S.
    Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Northern Power Systems, TPI Composites and NextEra to develop lightweight on-site assembly blades, which can produce 62~74 meters long blades for large megawatt and high tower wind turbines, which have higher performance, lower weight and lower
    cost.

    GE will work with NREL and TPI Composites to develop connected wind turbine blades that can meet the structural design requirements of next-generation wind turbines while reducing transportation costs
    .
    The project is part of the U.
    S.
    Department of Energy's Clean Energy Production Program, which aims to improve U.
    S.
    competitiveness in the production of clean energy products, as well as U.
    S.
    manufacturing competitiveness
    , by increasing energy productivity.

     

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