Conventional energy sources such as oil, natural gas, nuclear energy, wood, etc. are slowly being pushed aside due to ecological problems that they provoke. To overcome these problems, renewable energy production must be increased – wind energy in particular. The efficiency and amount of energy produced by the turbines mainly depends on the blades, where the latter are highly influenced by the material that is being used in the production. At the moment the industry is facing many challenges which do not have a solution yet, such as recycling and new innovative materials, which will allow manufacturers to produce blades of much better quality and extend its duration. New design is also an important part of companies’ agendas, since it will open up the way to the trend the industry is moving towards – larger but lighter blades, cheaper and faster production.

Over the two days of the conference you will have the opportunity to discuss a broad range of current topics crucial for wind blade materials development:

• Achieving increased sustainability: A focus on wind blade materials and manufacturing
• Examining wind blades for larger wind turbines
• Successful optimization of the wind blade production process
• Core materials: Addressing the balsa shortage and analyzing prospects for its substitution
• An in-depth scrutiny of the benefits of greater material standardization
• The strive towards wind blade sustainability: A scrutiny of developing regulatory requirements
• Ensuring high quality through structural and non-destructive testing
• Maximizing wind blade performance with epoxy pultrusion