International Symposium on Materials for Wind Energy Applications: Overview

Overview

In order to reduce the fossil fuel dependency, many countries seek to expand the wind energy sector. The efficiency and practical usability of wind energy technology depend on the reliability and lifetime of wind turbines. Generally, a life span of a wind turbine is expected to be at least 20-25 years without repair and with minimum maintenance. Yet, up to 20% of wind turbine blades fail within first three years of functioning. In order to ensure the reliable work of future wind turbines and necessary expansion of the wind energy sector, strong and resistant wind turbine materials with improved properties are necessary. This will be the subject of the Symposium.
The Symposium will bring together specialists in the area of composites and materials for wind energy application from different countries, to discuss the development of the wind turbine materials, their modelling, service properties, case studies and promising directions of future development.
The Symposium is organized in the framework of Sino-Danish collaborative project “High reliability of large wind turbines via computational based enhancement of materials“ supported by Danish Council for Strategic Research and the Program of International S & T Cooperation “Experimental and computational studies on mechanics of advanced materials for large-scale wind turbine blades” supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, China

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