2014 Sandia Wind Turbine Blade Workshop- Griffith

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Setting the Stage for the Policies and
Research Leading to the Next
Generation of Rotor Blade Technology
Tuesday August 26, 2014
8:00am to 9:30am

2. 2014 Wind Turbine Blade Workshop
D. Todd Griffith
Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. SAND No. 2014-16992 PE

3. Workshop Agenda
Today
Tomorrow
Thursday
Program: Guidebook App
Opening Session
Turbine and Blade Manufacturers
Lunch – Manufacturers Panel Discussion
Developer, Owner and Operator Perspectives
Wind Plant Performance Research
Track 1
Materials, Manufacturing,
Logistics, and Operations
Track 2
Blade Research and
Development
A2e Wind Plant
Reliability
Strategic Meeting
National Rotor
Testbed Project
Review
Blade Reliability
Collaborative and
Structural Health
Monitoring
Workshop

4. Wind Plant
Performance
R&D
Manufacturers
Developers,
Owners,
Operators
New
Design
Concepts
Aerodynamics
and Aero-acoustics
Blade
Material Design
Trends
Blade
Reliability:
Testing,
Damage,
and Repair
Manufacturing
Trends
Blade
Reliability:
O&M
Workshop Topics
Project Timeline

5. By the numbers
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71%
54% 74% 87%
724,956
2017 $113B USD

6. Thanks to all speakers.
Thanks to Evening Reception Sponsors:
BASF
Momentive Specialty Chemicals