Rope Robotics' robot is the first commercial robot to automatically repair the leading-edge of the blade. Before wind turbine blade repair (left), after sanding and cleaning (middle), after rebuilding ...

Optimised to be easy-to-apply, fast-curing and hard-wearing, the combination of Belzona 5711 and Belzona 5721 is specially designed to fortify wind turbine blades with outstanding protection against ...

Robots aren’t going to take over the world, but they can definitely make life a lot easier for humans. And that was the aim of BladeBUG, a UK startup that has developed insect-like robots to inspect, ...

Following precision machining and extraction of the damaged bushing, the patented bushing is inserted into the rotor blade root which has been placed in a repair environment within the wind park The ...

Have you heard of “wing walkers,” the daredevil stuntmen and women who walk along the wings of planes in flight? Well, BladeBUG is cut from the same cloth — only instead of airborne planes, it ...

An investigation is underway after wind turbine blades fell to earth in the grounds of a UK insurance giant. All three blades ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optomec -- a leading, privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing solutions, today announced a new tool that calculates the payback of ...

Wind turbine technicians dangle from heights of up to 360 feet to work on wind turbines. João Sardo has been working as a wind turbine specialist for nearly 20 years. Renewable energy is booming in ...

MidAmerican Energy says it has idled nearly four-dozen electricity-generating wind turbines while workers check them for safety after blades broke off of two similar turbines over the past two months.