A new advanced test rig for +100 m offshore wind turbine blades is in preparation at the world’s largest commercial blade test centre in Aalborg, Denmark. The wind energy market continues to grow and the predictions for the next decades are tremendous. Offshore wind farm projects...
Once again Blaest is selected to test the world’s longest wind turbine rotor blade – for the first time a blade passing the 100 m mark - the B108 blade from Siemens Gamesa. The enormous blade has arrived at the test centre in Aalborg, Denmark,...
For many years Blade Test Centre A/S (Blaest) has been an ISO 17025 accredited testing laboratory within full scale testing of wind turbine blades. We have now received the accreditation from the Danish accreditation authority DANAK according to the updated ISO 17025:2017 version. For further...
A new test hall sized at impressive 5000 m2 is being established with the purpose of testing blades from the Danish wind turbine giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The test hall is located at the port of Aalborg, Denmark, just next to BLAEST’s existing test...
We are proud to announce that BLAEST has become an approved RETL (Renewable EnergyTesting Laboratory) within the IECRE system. This enable us to provide blade testing services according to the IECRE certification scheme and issue IECRE test reports. You can find our certificate here: http://www.iecre.org/members/testlabs/ What is the IECRE certification...
BLAEST completed testing of the world’s largest rotor blade – The LM 88.4P
The most common way of performing fatigue testing of blades is to mount a rotating mass exciter onto the blade. Drawbacks of using this exciter type are that a large mass is placed on the blade and also that the forces from the exciter are not only introduced in the direction of the movement, but also along the blade.