Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. SAND No. 2014-16992 PE

JoshPaquetteAlbuquerque,NMAugust30th,2016

WorkshopAgenda

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Today

Opening SessionTrends in Blade Technology

Establishing a Successful Blade Maintenance ProgramBlade RCA Processes

TomorrowTrack 1

Power Performance, Wakes, Modeling, and Rotor Design

Track 2Materials, Manufacturing,

Transportation, and Operations

Thursday IEA Task 35

IEC 61400-5 Stakeholders

Blade Reliability Collaborative

Scaled Rotor Testing: Tutorial and Research Discussion

Forum

SurveysHelpustounderstandfromyourperspective:§ StateofCurrentTechnology

§ ExistingR&DChallenges

§ R&DGrandChallengeswithHighestPayoff

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WindBladeTrends§ Continuedgrowthinrotordiameters

§ Low-windspeedturbinesinstalledinhigherwindsites

§ Associateddecreasesinspecificpower

Source: LBNL

ThankstoTonight’sEveningReceptionSponsor:

Hexion

Thankyoutoallspeakers.