SmartBlades2 - Wind energy research at DLR - First innovative DLR rotor blade headed for load testing

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SmartBlades2 - Wind energy research at DLR - First innovative DLR rotor blade headed for load testing

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have completed the first innovative rotor blade as part of the SmartBlades2 project. The rotor blade with a length of 20 metres can passively adapt to varying wind conditions using bending torsion coupling. Until the beginning of 2018, the rotor blade will be subjected to numerous load tests at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) in Bremerhaven. In the research project SmartBlades2, industry and research facilities are developing innovative technologies for larger and more powerful wind turbines. The project is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).


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