The concept, based on the 81.6-metre-long blade fashioned for theMitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI) 7MW SeaAngel prototype about to begin trialsin the UK and Japan, would fit 8MW-class machines such as the recentlyannounced giant from Areva.

"It is at the preliminary design phase," Euros head ofmaterials Alexander Krimmer tells Recharge. "As a company we feel there isa robust need for such a blade and there is a gap currently and so you have tohave the technology ready [on paper]."

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