Wind Turbine Blades Week
Light but strong, flexible but tough, travelling at 120mph while remaining fixed to one spot, enduring massive physical forces and extreme weather conditions, carrying the planet’s net-zero hopes on its elegant frame…
The wind turbine blade is the point where a mass of engineering, policy and environmental ambitions meet, and these ambitions are growing. How can we tackle the need for bigger, better performing, more resilient and more sustainable blades?
To answer this question, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is holding a week of webinars for showcasing the most innovative thinking in blade design, operations and manufacture. Tune in each lunchtime from Monday 16th May to find out what is in store for the next generation of blades and put your questions to industry experts.
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SCHEDULE
WEBINAR #1. IN PURSUIT OF MORE ENERGY: Design challenges and choices
Monday 16th May, 13.30-14.40
Keynote: Tony Quinn, Test and Validation Director, ORE Catapult
Host: Mark Forrest, Blades Research Leader
Guests:
- Dr Sabrina Malpede, Executive Director, ACT Blade
- Andrew Bellamy, Senior Director of Manufacturing Engineering, LM Wind Power
WEBINAR #2 COMPOSITES: What is their future in the wind industry?
Tuesday 167h May, 13.00 – 14.00
Host: Dr Peter Greaves, Senior Research Structural Engineer, ORE Catapult
Guests:
– Matthew Bilson, Deputy Director – Energy Innovation Strategy, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
– Dr Terence Macquart, Lecturer in Aeroelastics, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol
WEBINAR #3 DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION: What is the future of blade maintenance?
Wednesday 18th May,13.00 – 14.00
Host: Andrew Macdonald, Director of Offshore Wind Development and Operations, ORE Catapult
Guests:
– Stacey Rivers, Business Development & Operations Manager, BladeBUG
– Bill Slatter, CEO, Eleven-i
WEBINAR #4 CIRCULARITY: Making wind turbine blades more sustainable
Thursday 19th May,13.00 – 14.00
Host: Dr Thomas Wildsmith, Business Development Manager, ORE Catapult
Guests:
- Simon Pansart, RWE
- Gustav Fird, Vattenfall
- Lorna Bennet, Energy Transition Lead, ORE Catapult
WEBINAR #5 MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CHAIN: How can the UK maximise its opportunities
Friday 20th May, 13.00-14.00
Host: Cristina Garcia-Duffy, Technical Director, ORE Catapult
Guests:
- Steve Chisholm, Operations Director, Global Energy Group
- Isla Robb, Director, EC20
- John Rimmer, CEO, DuraWind