NREL Announces CRADA Opportunity for Blade Testing Technologies

October 7, 2008

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking one or more cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) partners to develop testing technologies and equipment for static and fatigue testing of wind turbine blades up to approximately 100 m (330 ft) in length. Interested parties should respond to this CRADA opportunity announcement with a proposal by November 7, 2008.

The objective of the CRADA is to identify industry partners interested in and qualified to develop testing technologies and equipment, including scaling up, value engineering, and proving existing NREL testing equipment, to advance NREL's mission and DOE's national energy goals. CRADA applicants are expected to provide technical assistance and other shared resources or funding for the development of blade testing technologies and testing equipment necessary to accomplish this objective, and to commercialize and deploy existing NREL blade testing technologies and new blade testing technologies developed under the CRADA. For more details read the full CRADA announcement (PDF 246 KB) Download Adobe Reader  or contact Jason Cotrell at jason_cotrell@nrel.gov.