The WTTC opened in 2011 and has since evolved to test longer wind turbine blades (Credit: DOE) When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 ...
Kawasaki and Vestas spin-off BladeRobots are testing crewless helicopters and robots to automate dangerous wind turbine blade ...
When comparing the efficiency of different wind turbine blade designs, [AdamEnt] found using a hair dryer wasn’t the best tool for the job. Enter his new 3D-printed wind tunnel. After several ...
In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and ...
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Video: Autonomous robot hitches a helicopter ride to service risky wind turbine blades
Once the helicopter positions the robot on the designated section of the blade, the robot automatically performs the required ...
It is the year 2035. In a world facing climate catastrophe, the human enterprise is powered by fields of wind farms, with turbine blades made from fast-growing grasses and the roots of a ...
BOSTON (SHNS) – A manufacturing misstep is believed to have led to the failure of a wind turbine blade at the Vineyard Wind 1 project, and the environmental consultancy firm hired to conduct an ...
This is a developing situation — CAI will continue coverage on this page. Scroll down for additional background, and check back for updates. UPDATE FRIDAY 11:45 a.m.: A large piece of fiberglass ...
The company that manufactured the blade that broke apart on a Vineyard Wind turbine south of the islands on July 13 plans to inspect every blade it has built to look for flaws. In an earnings call ...
The multi-day clean energy project failure south of the islands is worsening, with developers at Vineyard Wind reporting Thursday that a "significant part" of a huge, damaged and dangling wind blade ...
A massive section of a damaged 350-foot turbine blade from a wind farm off the coast of Nantucket that detached Thursday morning has sunk to the ocean floor, town officials said Friday. The large ...
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