High performance provides cheap electricity

The blades are the motor in a wind turbine – it is the blades that extract the energy from the wind.

The most direct way to exert any decisive influence on the price of wind power is by increasing annual energy production. In this regard, the blades play a crucial role. Different design details and features help ensure high performance for LM blades. Read more about aerodynamics, patented pre-bending of blades and our work developing intelligent blades.

During the last 20 years, LM Glasfiber has consistently achieved improvements in blade efficiency. Our targeted research in fields such as materials and design has enabled us to build ever-longer blades that are optimised compared with other parts of the wind turbines.

Our own wind tunnel

We’ve come a long way with the tools already at our disposal. However, as we want to continue to make crucial improvements to blade performance, LM Glasfiber decided in mid-2005 to launch a major campaign with a focus on integrated aerodynamic design. From mid-2006, researchers at LM Glasfiber will be able to test the aerodynamics of wind turbine blades at wind speeds of up to 375 km per hour in our own wind tunnel. More about the wind tunnel in LM Newsletter. Keep up to date with progress by subscribing to our e-mail news and/or LM Newsletter.