A large number of Danish ports have increasingly seen the light of day in wind energy, and interest is only growing. However, it is not only for shipping and servicing offshore wind farms, but also for testing and development, shows Port of Aalborg.
Here, the company Blaest has put their new test hall into use, which will be used to test the wind turbine blades of the future.
- The development of new and more efficient wind turbine blades that can contribute to reducing the price of the electricity produced is going incredibly fast these years, and if we are to continue our growth, it requires that we have the capacity to keep up, says Erik Steen Jensen, CEO of Blaest.
- With the new hall, we get an extraordinary opportunity to consolidate our position as the global leading independent test center for structural testing of wind turbine blades on a full scale, and we are very happy to put the new facilities into use, says Erik Steen Jensen.
The new hall is 5,000 square meters and doubles the company's testing capacity. Last year, Blaest entered into a long-term agreement with Vestas for testing blades.
Collaboration creates transformation
Blaest also has a long-term agreement with Port of Aalborg, which owns the new hall and the existing test facilities, while Blaest owns and has established all test stands and all test equipment.
- It is a central part of our strategy to contribute to creating world-leading environments for testing and zero-series production in Aalborg, especially within industries that work with solutions for green transition and renewable energy, and here the collaboration with Blaest is a really good example, says Claus Holstein, CEO of Port of Aalborg.
The inauguration of the new test hall has been postponed to 2021 due to corona, but the collaboration is part of a larger transformation in the area.
- With companies such as Blaest, Siemens Gamesa and Bladt as well as one of the world's largest research institutions within wind in its backyard in the form of Aalborg University, Aalborg is today a central player in the global market within the wind industry. We strongly believe that by virtue of this position we can contribute to creating further growth and attracting new companies to Aalborg, which will translate into more jobs, he says.
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