In a press release on 27 September, the test centre pointed out that structural testing of blades was a mandatory element in wind turbine certification and type testing, as well as that the size of wind turbines and their blades are increasing, with blades measuring more than 100 metres in length already in operation on prototype turbines.

Blaest’s Managing Director, Erik Steen Jensen , said: “ Meeting the needs of the market and our customers is a key driver for our strategic focus. With this new test rig and all our other rigs, we are well prepared for the coming years of operation. We expect to see even longer blades within some years, and we are determined also to meet the testing needs for those blade sizes by further extending our capacity”.