Project overview:

Self-Positioning Single Blade Installation Tool

Awardee:

GE Renewable Energy

Start Date:

Q1, 2022

Technical Challenge Area:

O&M and Safety

Completion Date:

Q3, 2023

Synopsis:

GE Renewables will develop a new Single Blade Installation (SBI) tool which will use dual fans to control the blade position by counteracting environmental forces, thus eliminating the need for taglines.

Target Outcomes:

Develop a report outlining adaptation scope detailing the specific modifications needed to implement the novel SBI tool, design requirements detailing technical criteria, Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost, and a commercialization timeline.

Design and construct an onshore field-scale prototype, and then conduct operational testing at an onshore wind farm. Subsequent to test data analysis, undertake a conceptual design of the offshore-scale tool.