Join us at CORTIR III International Conference 2026
FINAL CONFERENCE
The closing event for the CORTIR III project — bringing together project results, industry insights and a shared roadmap for what comes next in blade reliability and decision-making.
The CORTIR III project, led by Bladena and funded by the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) – which is administered by the Danish Energy Agency, is pioneering a risk-based maintenance approach to help reduce the LCOE (Levelized Cost of Electricity) across the wind sector.
Event date:
29 – 30 October 2026
Location:
Thon Partner Hotel, Høje Taastrup, Copenhagen
How long:
1.5 day programme (Thursday afternoon, all day Friday)
About the event
CORTIR III is a 1.5-day international conference closing event presenting results from the project. The first half-day is dedicated to presentation of the CORTIR III deliverables and technical results, while the second day focuses on wider industry discussion through panels and invited contributions from relevant partners and stakeholders across the wind industry. The conference is designed to link project findings with the broader challenges of blade reliability, structural risk, and decision-making in practice.
Most value in wind assets is not lost at failure. It is lost much earlier, in decisions made under uncertainty. This conference is about how to make those decisions with confidence, when blade data is incomplete, signals are mixed, and the cost of being wrong is high.
Who should attend?
Asset owners and operators
Commercial and O&M leaders
Strategy, risk and investment decision-makers
Wind industry researchers and engineers
What you will take away
You will leave with a clear, practical way to make blade decisions without over-reacting, over-spending, or waiting for data that never fully arrives.
This is not about producing more analysis. It is about making better decisions earlier. Practical solutions to reduce the structural risk associated with known blade failure modes will also be discussed in the context of when they meaningfully change the risk picture, when they do not, and how they should be evaluated as part of a broader risk-based decision framework.
Risk-based decision framework
A structured approach to deciding when to act, when to wait – grounded in real blades reliability results.
Clarity on where money actually matters
Understand how to treat maintenance budget as a risk strategy, avoiding both over-maintenance today and surprise failures tomorrow.
Confidence before failure
Understand how to protect revenue before damage becomes critical, by focusing on risk trajectory rather than today’s snapshot.
Signal over noise
Learn to separate structural risk from inspection noise, so attention and capital go where they create real value.
Programme overview
HIGHLIGHT
The conference will provide an update on the full-scale testing programme, conducted in partnership with ORE Catapult. The test, undertaken on an 88-metre blade to conduct torsional load and understood to be an industry first, simulates the twisting forces a blade can experience in operation. This test replicates realistic loading on a large blade and provides rare validation of what actually works as a risk mitigation measure, not just what looks good on paper.
