Public Funding for Act Blade Limited

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The ACT Blade is a modular textile-based composite offshore wind turbine blade. It has a patented innovative manufacturing process that will provide lighter wind turbine blades leading to increased energy production and a decreased the levelised cost of energy (LCOE). In addition, the patent-pending load control system is able to increase blade efficiency and maximise durability. The production of lighter wind turbine blades by ACT Blade will enable larger wind turbines to be deployed within the field, significantly reducing costs per unit of electricity generated. This project aims to design, manufacture, test and validate a prototype of a scaled version of the offshore ACT Blade. The proposed consortium (established by ACT Blade) comprises Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC), together with the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (LMC) partners: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC). Between them, the consortium has many years of composites, manufacturing, industrial test, commercial and management experience.

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This project seeks to develop, test and verify in simulated environments a prototype of the innovative ACT Blade. It follows on from an Early Stage Catalyst project that successfully validated the potential energy production gains (+9.7%) in wind power generation and the reduction in the levelised cost of energy (-8.7%) associated with the innovative blade design. SMAR Azure owns the full intellectual property; a patent application has been filed (Application No. 1518041.7) covering the design and construction method of the ACT Blade. A further patent will be filed to cover the active shape control system before completion of the project. The project team, SMAR Azure (SA), ORE Catapult (CA) and University of Glasgow (UG), has the technical skills, engineering/experimental tools, commercial expertise and management experience to successfully deliver the project.