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D-String® in Tokyo – Presented by GSIWind

3/14/2017

 
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Bladena and the D-String® solution were presented at WindExpo 2017 in Tokyo by GSIWind. With the increasing installations of wind turbines both offshore and onshore in Japan, Bladena sees a good potential in the market for its D-String®. D-String® enhances the structural design of the blades and eliminates the risk of cracks in the trailing edge max chord area. The edgewise loading of the blades normally driven by gravity, will increase significantly in case of earth quakes; hence the Bladena solution is a perfect match to the Japanese market where the conditions can be extreme. For more information about our D-String® please go to: https://www.bladena.com/d-stringreg.html

Interested in reducing damages on your wind turbine blades? 

1/23/2017

 
Meet Bladena in Hamburg the 7-8th February and see our retrofit solutions firsthand.
​Find Jensen, CTO and Ryan Lauridsen, CEO at Bladena will be participating in the Wind O&M Europe 2017 Conference in Hamburg the 7-8 February 2017.
As experts in blade failures, Bladena will be sharing knowledge at the exhibition on structural blade failures and how to prevent them. You will be able to experience our recognized D-String® and D-StiffenerTM products and find out more about the technologies behind. This is a unique chance for you to discover solutions to the problem of turbine blade failure.

With more than 10 years of research and development at DTU-Risø in Denmark, Bladena has positioned itself as a frontrunner within blade failures in the wind industry. Our products provide a valuable structural enhancement to your wind turbine blades, which can be deployed in new blades as well as retrofitted in existing blade.
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We look forward to seeing you at the conference!
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Merry Christmas to all

12/22/2016

 
Time flies and 2016 will soon be a final chapter. We proudly look back at a year filled with lots of successes and look forward to a busy year to come in 2017.
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We at Bladena wish all of our business contacts, family and friends Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you for your dedication and collaboration in 2016 – we look forward to continue our collaboration in 2017.
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Bladena speaks at the On-Shore Service and Maintenance Conference 2016

11/28/2016

 
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​On 8 November 2016, Bladena attended the On-Shore Service and Maintenance Conference in Aalborg. The conference focused on highly relevant topics within wind turbine service and maintenance including Blades, Controls & Power Upgrades, Drive Train & Service, Hydraulics & Cooling etc. In value chain terms, the conference focused on the period from the expiration of the manufacturer warranty to the decommissioning of the wind turbine.
With expertise in blades Bladena shared its knowledge on blade failures and how to prevent them. As speaker at the conference Ryan Lauridsen, CEO at Bladena, elaborated on D-String® and D-Stiffener™ - products designed to prevent cracks on blades and reduce cost on operation and maintenance. In addition, Bladena also took part in the exhibition and networking having an exhibit from where the Bladena technologies were showcased and explained.  The Participants included owners, manufacturers, service companies and sub suppliers covering more or less the full value chain on the wind turbine market in Denmark.   

PES wind magazine interviews Ryan Lauridsen, Ceo at Bladena.

10/10/2016

 
Cutting edge blades
PES caught up with Ryan Lauridsen, CEO at Bladena to find out about the latest developments in blade technology. An important issue in our industry.

​PES: Welcome to PES Wind magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organisation and how you currently serve the wind industry?

Ryan Lauridsen: Bladena was founded 5 years ago as a spin off from the Technical University of Denmark and has since then been focusing on further development of the patented technologies and their commercialisation. Our focus is on the structural design of blades and all our work is centred on reducing the failures seen on blades in operation; hence reducing the cost for Operation and Maintenance on blades and so extending their operational life time. We have expert knowledge in blade failures and how to avoid them... 

Read the whole article here: 
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EUDP LEX Project – Finalized

10/10/2016

 
Torsional Stiffening of Wind Turbine Blades

After 3 years of dedicated work the EUDP LEX project has come to an end.

The EUDP LEX project has been a successful cooperation between 16 partners across the whole value chain. Throughout the project, the technical focus has been on cross sectional shear distortion and the Bladena technology X-Stiffener™, with the intention to reduce blade damages and drive down the Levelized Cost of Energy.
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As other EUDP projects the work has been done through several workshops and individual studies and test, keeping both the theoretical and practical topics at a high industry and research level.

The X-Stiffener™ is the main product developed and demonstrated in test during the project, but also the ongoing work with the Guide2Defect database materialized in an independent company now offering blade statistics on a commercial basis (www.guide2defect.com). In order to be able to set standardized minimum requirements for blade inspections and repair, a set of instructions and report templates called NGIR were developed in close cooperation with the wind turbine owners in the project.

The Final LEX Meeting was held in September 2016 at DTU Lyngby, where project participants presented the results of the work successfully done the last 3 years.

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Bladena announces official cooperation with Bladefence focusing on the Canadian market.

10/4/2016

 
Today, Bladena is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a partnership with Bladefence. The companies will work together to implement advanced blade enhancement technologies and maintenance methods in order to maximize long-term durability, production values and asset integrity on our customer’s blades.
“The innovative and customer focused approach by Bladefence to the blade service market is a perfect match for the retrofit technologies by Bladena. Utilizing the Skylift equipment for installation of e.g. the D-String® technology secures the end customer a safe and cost effective blade maintenance solution”, says Ryan Lauridsen CEO of Bladena.
Bladefence’s Managing Director Ville Karkkolainen comments: “Bladena's specialize knowledge on structural blade failures and innovative structural enhancement technologies complements Bladefence’s vision of preventive blade maintenance concept perfectly. This partnership will also ensure that we remain on the cutting edge of blade enhancement technologies and it will help us to provide our customers with the best possible solutions for their blades.” 
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Bladena enters the spanish market

8/24/2016

 
Bladena is now bringing its attention to the Spanish market. By teaming up with Delta Power S.L.U., a Spanish Company promoting business initiatives worldwide within the renewable energy sector, Bladena has intensified its marketing and development of the D-String® product along with other services in the Spanish market.

"It is important for us that our company has the best possible chances when it comes to penetrating a new market. Therefore, we are happy to partner with Delta Power. The quality of Delta Power's professional team and their extensive experience and market knowledge make them a great partner for the international expansion of the D-String® portfolio", says Ryan Hagelskjær Lauridsen CEO of Bladena.

D-String® is an innovative technology solution that prevents cracks in the trailing edge of the blade, contributing significantly to increase the lifetime of the blade and reducing the cost of energy.

Fernando Valldeperes, Partner Manager of Delta Power notes that "D-String® is a great example of an innovative and competitive solution capable of responding to the needs of our customers to extend the life of the blades. “With the backing of Bladena ApS, a dynamic company with extensive technical knowledge of this key component of the wind turbine, we can now avoid these high and premature costs."

"There is a huge potential growth in the Spanish market within the renewable energy sector. We have seen many examples of cracks in the trailing edge of the blades which means that the problem is surfacing and becoming an issue for turbine owners all over the world. Installing the D-String® can minimize damage costs and increase the lifetime of the blade", says Ryan.

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bladena on the move

8/17/2016

 
Bladena is in a continued good development and we need more space to be able to spread our wings.
Therefore, we have said goodbye to our office in Ringsted and welcome to our new office in Trekroner, Roskilde. From the 1st of September Bladena is moving to the new facilities.
With the establishment of the new office, Bladena is able to accommodate the increasing work loads and strengthen its competitiveness globally.  
“We are experiencing that the market is recognizing the structural challenges that are appearing on wind turbines. This means that the commercialization of our products has been intensified and our team is growing. Moving to our new location we can adapt our corporate structure and go even stronger to the market”, says Ryan Lauridsen CEO of Bladena.
Our new address is:
Universitetsparken 7, 4000 Roskilde
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We look forward to seeing you at our new office!  
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Bladena received funding for the RATZ project

7/1/2016

 
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We're thrilled to announce that the RATZ consortium is now up and running and will change the future of Root Area Transition Zone until 2018.
Please see the Press Release

www.ratz-project.dk
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