Blade Dynamics sold to GE

General Electric (GE) has confirmed the acquisition of Blade Dynamics, the UK-based pioneer of modular blade design for wind turbines.

Blade Dynamics will become part of GE Renewables, the new division created from GE’s takeover of Alstom’s wind business.

In the year prior to its acquisition, Blade Dynamics unveiled a prototype 78-metre modular blade aimed at the offshore market. The company started work on the D78 blade late in 2012, winning £15.5m in development funds from the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).