How to make a 134-ft turbine blade

GE gives a brief tour of its wind turbine blade fabrication works.

Aug. 25, 2009

TPI Composites makes the blades for GE wind turbines at its Newton, Iowa factory. The firm recently hosted an open house chronicled by a video which shows how the 12,000-lb blades are made — and underscores just how massive the turbines are, as each blade represents just one-half of a turbine’s total spin-diameter. Of course, an array of politicians were on hand. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk can be heard first in the video, followed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

Watch the video here:

http://www.gereports.com/blade-runners-how-134-foot-wind-blades-are-born/