GE Wind recently announced that it purchased U.K. blade manufacturer Blade Dynamics. Demand for wind turbine blades exceeding 55m continues to increase and has driven segmented blade technology from a niche application to a commercial necessity. BD is the innovator behind a potentially disruptive modular blade concept that aims to reduce blade weight and increase…

The UK’s Energy Technology Institute will invest $24.53 million  (£15.5 million) in a new turbine blade with U.K. based Blade Dynamics, to build what may be the world’s largest wind turbine blades. The U.K.’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) appointed the company to develop and demonstrate technologies for constructing what are expected to be the world’s…

Bladeskyn, a blade surfacing material for wind turbines, from Blade Dynamics in the U.K. and soon of New Orleans, is said to deliver new levels of coating protection, using fluoropolymers in an innovative film application format. The company says its advantages include 20-year performance, assured quality, and lowest lifetime cost. The developer says the coating…

American Superconductor Corp. says it has acquired a 25% ownership ($8 million) in Blade Dynamics Ltd., a designer and manufacturer of advanced wind turbine blades based on proprietary materials and structural technologies. Founded in the United Kingdom in 2007, Blade Dynamics designs and develops wind turbine blades to increase the efficiency and performance of multi-megawatt…