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The monitored and predicted growth of wind turbines in Europe indicates that the output from these sources has been increasing at approximately 30% per annum between years 1993-1999 and that the trend is set to continue between 2002-2010. This expansion could be supported by accessing the offshore market that is capable of generating large energy volumes at a reduced degree of societal impact through the use of larger turbines elsewhere.

The consortium proposes to develop new and novel automated NDT techniques for the inspection of GRP components as used in the construction of WTBs. This pre-competitive project represents a step change to the current state of the art by advancing technology and improving the competitive advantage of European SMEs and LE. The systems will be applied using novel automated crawler system and will minimise the use of manual inspections that are unrepeatable and do not ensure complete area coverage.