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Ensuring safe wind turbine blade transport...
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Ensuring safe wind turbine blade transport through comprehensive load testing

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Transporting today’s increasingly long and heavy wind turbine blades is becoming more complex. Every step – from loading to ship and road transport to final installation – introduces mechanical loads that can cause damage if not fully understood. To make…

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Complex but dissolvable: research projects on...
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Complex but dissolvable: research projects on recycling rotor blades at Fraunhofer IWES

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When it comes to dismantling and recycling wind turbines, the discussion revolves around one component in particular: the rotor blade. The aim of the research at Fraunhofer IWES is to ensure high-quality recycling.

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