Design, manufacturing method and prototype testing of an extremely lightweight Offshore Wind blade

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Title
Design, manufacturing method and prototype testing of an extremely lightweight Offshore Wind blade

CoPED ID
c38ddc57-0823-495f-9d65-6d3474347103

Status
Closed


Value
£2,943,394

Start Date
Jan. 1, 2019

End Date
Dec. 31, 2020

Description

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The ACT Blade is a modular textile-based composite offshore wind turbine blade. It has a patented innovative manufacturing process that will provide lighter wind turbine blades leading to increased energy production and a decreased the levelised cost of energy (LCOE). In addition, the patent-pending load control system is able to increase blade efficiency and maximise durability. The production of lighter wind turbine blades by ACT Blade will enable larger wind turbines to be deployed within the field, significantly reducing costs per unit of electricity generated. This project aims to design, manufacture, test and validate a prototype of a scaled version of the offshore ACT Blade. The proposed consortium (established by ACT Blade) comprises Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC), together with the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (LMC) partners: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC). Between them, the consortium has many years of composites, manufacturing, industrial test, commercial and management experience.

Act Blade Limited LEAD_ORG
University of Sheffield PARTICIPANT_ORG
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult PARTICIPANT_ORG
Act Blade Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG
University of Strathclyde PARTICIPANT_ORG

Onisim Ferche PM_PER
Act Admin PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Wind energy
  2. Renewable energy sources
  3. Wind power stations
  4. Turbines
  5. Wind turbines
  6. Manufacturing

Extracted key phrases
  1. Composite offshore wind turbine blade
  2. Light wind turbine blade
  3. Lightweight Offshore Wind blade
  4. Offshore ACT Blade
  5. Large wind turbine
  6. Innovative manufacturing process
  7. Design
  8. Manufacturing method
  9. Blade efficiency
  10. Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
  11. Advanced Forming Research Centre
  12. Prototype testing
  13. Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
  14. Lightweight Manufacturing Centre
  15. Energy production

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