GE Businesses Awarded Grant to Research 3-D Printing of Blades

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Group will focus on using Additive Manufacturing to 3-D print blade tips, enabling the design of larger rotors / Project will advance the competitiveness of both onshore and offshore wind energy

GE Research, GE Renewable Energy, and LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business were recently selected by the Department of Energy to research the design and manufacture of 3-D printed wind turbine blades.  The GE business units will partner with the Oakridge National Lab and the National Renewable Energy Lab on a 25-month $6.7M project to develop and demonstrate an integrated additive manufacturing process for novel high- performance blade designs for the future of large rotors.  The award was announced by DOE on January 13. The project will deliver a full-size... ... More: Official Press Release GE

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