Above: An autonomous vehicle that deploys a conducting cable in wind turbine blades to determine lightning protection system continuity and reduce maintenance costs. Wind turbines are potential ...

“While other wind turbine technologies have evolved significantly in recent decades, the industry’s approach to lightning strike protection has not advanced as quickly,” he said. For ...

ORNL researcher Vipin Kumar, an expert in lightning strike protection for airborne composites, inspects the wind turbine blade tip before he and his team remove it from a mold at DOE’s Carbon Fiber ...

like lightning protection systems and predictive maintenance solutions, are being developed and implemented by companies in the region at the forefront. The wind turbine protection market is ...

This includes protection against extreme weather, overloading, grid failures, lightning strikes, and component wear and tear ... there is an increasing need for sophisticated protection systems. The ...