This is all about the economics of efficiency and scale. While a 10% decrease in fuel consumption on an airplane is a big deal, a 10% increase in wind-to-power efficiency on a wind turbine blade is really not. read more
While a 10% decrease in fuel consumption on an airplane is a big deal, a 10% increase in wind-to-power efficiency on a wind turbine blade is really not. As noted by others it is an area of interest now given that a 10% improvement on a really large install base does make economic sense. read more