Shetland Composites to manufacture turbine blades
Glass-reinforced plastic technology developer Shetland Composites is expanding manufacturing capacity at its existing production facility to construct tidal turbine blades. The new venture will build on the company’s work in constructing fibreglass wave and tidal energy prototypes.
By Heba Hashem on Dec 12, 2014
‘We hope to specialise in tidal turbine builds and GRP components in the renewable sector, or refurbishing wind turbines,” Fred Gibson, owner and director of Shetland Composites, was cited as saying by The Engineer.
In addition to constructing marine energy technology prototypes for some of the world’s leading wave and tidal energy companies, Shetland Composites has refurbished 15 operational wind turbines, reinforcing blade leading edges and using weather-resistant paint.