There are two key areas of development across wind turbine blade lifecycles with the
potential to reduce the impact of wind energy generation:(1) deploying lower-impact …

While offshore wind is at the early stage of expansion, global capacity is expected to
increase rapidly, reaching 330 GW by 2031. This work uses lifecycle assessment (LCA) to …

Reference wind turbine models are crucial for enabling the research community to advance
technology and meet the challenges associated with upscaling. The IEA 15 MW is one such …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1289. vid The decarbonization of
the electric grid is a fundamental technological and socio-economical challenge to address …

This paper presents, through the structural design of a 20 MW wind turbine blade, a
selection of novel analysis and optimisation methods for wind turbines. These methods are …

Wind turbine blade design is a highly multidisciplinary process that involves aerodynamics,
structures, controls, manufacturing, costs, and other considerations. More efficient blade …

This study presents an aerostructural optimization process for wind turbine blades aimed at
enhancing the turbine's performance. The optimization framework integrates DAFoam as the …

During the preliminary multidisciplinary design phase of wind turbine blades the evaluation
of many design candidates plays an important role. Computationally efficient methods for the …

One major challenge of the wind turbine industry is the reduction of the levelized cost of
energy (LCoE) while following the strong demand for a higher annual energy production …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-0950. vid Acoupled, high-fidelity
simulation framework on GPUs is presented, and is used to perform an aero-structural …