Wind

Blade technology takes a giant leap into the future

Even for an industry fast growing accustomed to the skyward scale-up of its technology, this is jaw-dropping: a rotor blade more than double the size of any yet built — 200 metres from root to tip — designed to be flown by a gigantic 50MW offshore wind turbine.

Todd Griffith holds aloft a cross-section of a 200-metre blade model
Todd Griffith holds aloft a cross-section of a 200-metre blade model
  • Darius Snieckus
Published 5 May 2016, 07:39Updated 29 October 2016, 08:49
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