ETI commissions project to develop blades over 90 metres long for next generation of offshore

Energy Technologies Institute
May 17, 2011

A project to develop long high-performance blades for the next generation of large offshore wind turbines has been commissioned by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).

Developers will be asked to design, build and test blades in excess of 90 metres long each blade will be nearly the same height of Big Ben.

These would be used on the next generation of large offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 8 - 10MW.

Blades that are currently deployed offshore are between 40 and 60 metres long.

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