Variable Cross-sectional Casting: New Composite Fabrication Process for Wind Turbine Blades

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Program:
Exploratory Topics
Award:
$498,767
Location:
Mountain View, California
Status:
ACTIVE
Project Term:
10/19/2023 - 10/18/2025
Website:
TBD

Technology Description:

Perseus Materials will develop a new mode of composite manufacturing for wind turbine blades that could rapidly replace vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding as the dominant blade manufacturing process. Perseus’s unique additive manufacturing method—known as variable cross-sectional molding—could significantly reduce labor costs, cycle times, and factory footprints for blade manufacturers at the same output levels.

Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
Dr. Laurent Pilon
Project Contact:
Dr. Dan Lee
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
dan@perseusmaterials.com

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