Kaushik Mallick brilliant head of Steelhead’s engineering and R&D, presented “Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Thermoplastic Composite Blades” at the summer IACMI – The Composites Institute meeting on July 24, 2019.
The VAWT (Vertical Axis Wind Turbine) collaboration included 4 world class entities:
Steelhead Composites VAWT design and analysis;
Colorado State University materials testing and blade fabrication;
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, program management and techno-economic analysis;
Arkema thermoplastic resins.
The project ended in a phenomenal presentation and an elegant prototype on display (thanks Joshua Varn for the photo and assembly). Contact us for more information on the program or presentation.