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…
Authors: Muhammad Omer Siddiqui, Paul Robert Feja The requirements for wind turbine test benches are continuously increasing and demand, in turn, investments in test bench expansions or new test benches. Fraunhofer IWES has developed a hybrid test procedure to expand…
Authors: Paul Robert Feja, Muhammad Omer Siddiqui Over the years, we have witnessed rapid growth in both onshore and offshore wind turbine systems. At the same time, the entire wind industry has become even more competitive, as wind turbine manufacturers…
