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Efficient Transition to Sustainable Materials in Wind Turbine Blades Through Structural Optimization
At this year’s JEC World event, Sebastian M. Hermansen, wind blade specialist at Gurit, delivered a compelling presentation exploring how structural optimization is accelerating the transition to more sustainable materials in wind turbine blade design.
This 20-minute session explores how the industry can successfully adopt recycled core materials while maintaining performance, efficiency, and certification standards.
What You’ll Learn
- How Gurit’s 98m offshore wind turbine blade model is shaping next-generation blade development
- Why the shift to recycled PET foam requires new design approaches
- How gradient-based structural optimization enables faster, more efficient design adaptation
- Key differences between 1-, 2-, and 3-shear-web blade configurations
- How optimized designs perform under realistic certification load cases
- Practical insights for teams exploring sustainable core materials
Why It Matters
As manufacturers face growing pressure to reduce environmental impact without compromising structural performance, this session provides useful information on how combining sustainable materials with advanced engineering methods can unlock the next generation of high-performance, lower-impact blade designs.
About the speaker
Sebastian M. Hermansen is a wind blade specialist at Gurit, focused on structural design and optimization of large composite blades. His work supports the development of more efficient and sustainable solutions for the global wind energy industry.
Reinforcing Sustainable Energy
Gurit supports the global wind industry with advanced composite materials and engineered solutions that enable lighter, longer, and more durable blades.