CRADAs for wind turbine blades
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory will work with consortiums from Texas and Massachusetts to design, build and operate new facilities to test the next generation of wind turbine blades.

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to design, build and operate new facilities to test the next generation of giant wind turbine blades.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the blade test facility cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) yesterday.
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Blade testing is required to meet wind turbine design standards, reduce machine cost, and reduce the technical and financial risk of deploying mass-produced wind turbine models.
Rapid growth in wind turbine size over the past two decades has outstripped the existing capabilities of the NREL's
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