Icon Isotype

NEWIND - Advanced Technologies in Wind power Production

Project Description

The project aims to develop technological solutions to different needs of the wind industry:

  • Structural lightening wind turbine blades
  • Automation and optimization of manufacturing processes of windmill blades
  • Improvement of the aerodynamics of the blades
  • Monitoring the structural integrity of the blades
  • Developing a monitoring system for independent blade pitch
  • Development of protective materials against atmospheric agents
  • Development of an inhibitor-ray system
  • Developing efficient electrolyzes to generate hydrogen from the leftover generated

All solutions developed will be validated through their actual deployment in two wind turbines installed in the field.

All solutions developed will be validated through their deployment in two wind turbines installed in a real place.

Collaborating Companies or Organisations

Indra's Role

Indra, as project partner of Newind, carries out activities aimed to achieve three objectives:
1. Developing a control system independent blade pitch based on real-time metering of the structural efforts incurred by the blades
2. Development of a system for monitoring the structural integrity of the blades (SHM)
3. Improved quality control of the manufacturing process of the blades using of the embedded metering systems in blades

Universities and Technological Centres

Technologies used

  • Hybrid structural composites
  • RTM (Resin Transfer Molding)
  • VARTM (Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding)
  • Polyfunctional Materials
  • Electro-ceramic Materials
  • Inhibitor Systems to avoid the creation of rays
  • Fiber Optics
  • Damage detection techniques (Lamb wave propagation, OBR, Differential Strains, Bragg Diffraction Networks)
  • Advanced Algorithms oriented to wind turbine control
  • Embedded Systems

More information

This project is sponsored by the Spanish Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) within 2007-2013 Technological Fund.

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Affordable and Non-Contaminant Energy

Contact Innovation projects

    Do you want to know more about this project?

    Write to us

    Please note that by clicking on the "Send" button you are giving your express consent for Indra Sistemas, S.A. (Indra), as data controller, to process your personal data in accordance with the applicable regulations. The purpose of the processing is to manage the request you make through the form. The processing may involve the transfer of personal data to companies belonging to the Indra Group. Indra informs you that you have the right to withdraw the consent given and/or exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, limitation of processing and data portability, by contacting dpo@indra.es, indicating the right you wish to exercise. For more information, click here.

    NEWIND - Advanced Technologies in Wind power Production
    NEWIND – Advanced Technologies in Wind power Production | Innovación | Indra Group