Friday, 30 July 2021 GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and GE Research in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) launched the “Automated Blade Finishing” program in 2020, aiming to improve throughput, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), and quality in wind turbine blade manufacturing. Courtesy of GE Renewable Energy Blade finishing includes trimming excess material after molding and grinding blade surface to meet quality requirements. The programme’s vision is to leverage knowledge of advanced composite processing together with sensing, robotics and automation to develop low-cost solutions for wind blade finishing with potential to increase throughput by 30 percent and improve EHS in factories.