Through
the
£15.5m
($24.9m)
project,
the
Isle
of
Wight-based
company
will
fabricate
a
series
of
blades
80-100
metres
in
length
that
use
ultra-stiff
carbon-fibre
rather
than
conventional
fibre-glass
in
their
construction.
The
prototype
blades
–
slated
to
be
put
into
production
by
late-2014
–
would
be
the
world’s
longest,
outstripping
current
record-holder
Siemens’
75-metre
B75
blade.
Blade
Dynamics’
blade
designs
employ
an
innovative
design
and
manufacturing
process
that
constructs
them
through
the
assembly
of
smaller,
more
easily
manufactured
component
pieces,
rather
than
from
extremely
large
full-length
mouldings.
The
company
calculates
its
new
blades
will…
