Turbine Growth

Ensuring safe wind turbine blade transport through comprehensive load testing

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…

Technology trends in wind energy – turbine growth

Ever since the beginnings of the large-scale commercial use of wind energy in the 1990s, the industry has observed one considerable trend which remains steady to the present day: turbine growth. Recently, this trend has experienced another boost. In this…