Join us at CORTIR III International Conference 2026

Bladena on May 18, 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)

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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.

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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

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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.

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    Join us at Energy Insurance London 2026

    Bladena on April 29, 2026

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    On 2 July, we’ll be attending Energy Insurance London 2026, where insurers, brokers and renewable energy specialists come together to explore the challenges shaping today’s risk and claims landscape.

    As the sector evolves, topics such as changing risk profiles, claims strategies and the growing role of renewable technologies are becoming increasingly complex. This event provides an opportunity to exchange perspectives and gain practical insight into how the industry is adapting.

    If you’re attending, visit our team to discuss how independent root cause analysis (RCA) can support more confident underwriting, clearer liability decisions and stronger claims outcomes.

    Event date: 2nd July 2026
    Location: The Mermaid, London Blackfriars
    Event website: https://energyinsurancelondon.com/

    Panel discussion: Claims – Repair, Replace or Abandon?

    Speaker: Mathias Kristian Reding, Director of Engineering, Bladena (a RES company)
    Time: 15.50-16.30

    This session explores how rapid technological change is reshaping claims strategies in the renewable energy sector. It will examine how decisions to repair, replace or abandon assets are made, the impact of business interruption, and how engineering insight and new technologies are supporting faster, more effective claims resolution.

    Bladena’s independent root cause analysis provides a critical foundation for these decisions—helping insurers clearly understand blade failures and supporting confident, evidence-based outcomes.

    Bringing both engineering depth and an operator perspective, Mathias will share how RCA and technical insight can strengthen claims decision-making in complex scenarios.

    Why attend our panel discussion:

    • Gain insights from a real operator perspective
    • Understand how engineering expertise and root cause analysis (RCA) shape claims decisions
    • Learn how performance and asset condition influence risk, downtime, and claims outcomes
    • Explore practical approaches from Bladena (a RES company)
    • Connect with experts across insurance and renewable energy

    Meet the expert

    Mathias Kristian Reding. Director of Engineering
    Mathias leads global engineering strategy for wind turbine blade solutions at Bladena, combining structural expertise with real-world operational insight. He works closely with insurers and asset owners to deliver independent root cause analysis and technical guidance across complex claims and performance challenges.

    With over 15 years of engineering experience—including nine years specialising in wind turbines—his expertise spans RCA, structural blade solutions, asset management, R&D, and both laboratory and field testing.

    Mathias has extensive experience in diagnosing blade failures and supporting data-driven decisions on repair, replacement and long-term asset strategy, providing insurers with the clarity needed to make confident, defensible decisions.

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    If you’re attending and would like to discuss a live claim, underwriting challenge or blade failure scenario, arrange a meeting with our team during the event.

      Reducing uncertainty in wind insurance claims through root cause insight

      Bladena on April 10, 2026

      By Andrei Buliga, Digital Blades Project Director at RES, supporting Bladena

      When a turbine blade fails, insurers face uncertainty: Who is responsible, is it an isolated incident, and what is the risk of it happening again? Early information is often limited, conflicting, or biased, leaving insurers without a clear, objective basis for decision-making.

      At the same time, there is pressure to act quickly. Claims need to be resolved, liability determined, and repair decisions made, often before the full technical picture is understood. When conclusions are based on incomplete or biased information, the risk of misallocation, repeated failures, and increased long-term costs is high.

      Independent wind turbine blade Root Cause Analysis (RCA) helps address this challenge by bringing structure and clarity to complex technical failures. Bladena’s RCA service for wind turbines goes beyond visible damage to uncover why a blade failed, rather than just describing the outcome.

      Wind turbine blade failures are rarely driven by a single factor. Design characteristics, manufacturing conditions, transport stresses and operational loading often interact over time in ways that are not immediately visible. Blade failure analysis must therefore consider these factors together. Surface damage alone does not explain the underlying cause.

      RCA reconstructs the sequence of events leading to failure using advanced blade assessment tools, specialist structural modelling and simulation. This enables a clear distinction between failure origins and symptoms, giving insurers confidence in blade failure insurance claim decisions.

      Rather than stopping at symptoms, Bladena focuses on what drives risk. By understanding how a blade behaves in operation, we clarify cause, responsibility, and whether a failure is an isolated event or a wider fleet risk. 

      With RCA and specialist structural analysis, insurers can: 

      • establish a clear, unbiased understanding of what happened 
      • assess liability based on objective technical evidence 
      • validate whether proposed repairs address the true underlying cause 
      • evaluate the risk of recurrence across similar assets 
      • support claims decisions with transparent, defensible documentation

      This is particularly important in multi-party claims, where differing perspectives and financial interests can complicate resolution.

      Beyond claims handling, root cause insight also supports better decisions across the insurance lifecycle. Understanding failure patterns and structural sensitivities improves blade structural failure analysis, risk assessment and underwriting. Blade design flaw analysis and wind turbine blade damage assessment help ensure corrective actions reduce the likelihood of future losses.

      Where conventional approaches often focus on visible damage and standard repair, Bladena’s RCA focuses on how blades actually respond to operational loads, ensuring the true failure origin is identified rather than only explaining the visible outcome.

      As part of RES, this expertise is strengthened by real-world operational experience across a global portfolio, combining structural insight with practical understanding of turbine behaviour in the field. For insurers, this results in clearer decisions, stronger negotiation positions and reduced exposure to repeat losses.

      Independent blade structural failure analysis ultimately turns complex blade failures into structured, evidence-based insight, enabling confident liability allocation, effective repair strategies and improved long-term risk management.

      Turn uncertainty into clarity.

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      About:

      Andrei Buliga, Digital Blades Project Director

      Andrei is Digital Blades Project Director at RES, specializing in structural blade performance. Trained in advanced wind‑energy engineering with deep grounding in blade physics and years of RCA work, he brings a proven understanding of how blades behave and fail under real operating conditions. Andrei’s expertise and insight allow him to convert structural blade knowledge into risk‑anchored decisions.

      He brings a forward‑leaning, engineering‑driven vision to the industry as an author and conference speaker. His guiding principle: physics first — everything else is noise.

      Bladena is part of RES, following its recent acquisition, and focuses on advanced blade analytics and performance solutions. Read our recent press release.

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      Assessing the root cause of a blade defect

      Bladena on November 10, 2025

      A 2.0 MW V90 turbine, commissioned in 2008, experienced a shell debond from the boxbar, leading to concerns about the integrity of the blade and the potential for similar issues across other assets.

      D-TE™ – enabling operation through adverse conditions

      Bladena on October 15, 2025

      A 1.7 MW wind turbine with 50.2 m blades suffered damage when approximately 0.5 m of the pressure side shell at the tip was torn away by a lightning strike. The trailing edge was also separating as the blade rotated, putting the turbine at risk of downtime.

      D-TE™ – restoring blade integrity for higher availability

      Bladena on October 15, 2025

      Challenge

      A 5 MW wind turbine with 59.5 m blades, commissioned in 2013, was being curtailed due to blade overload. An open trailing edge in the mid-span region increased structural risk and limited safe operation, reducing turbine availability.

      Solution

      Our team completed a root cause analysis and applied D-TE™ to 90 blades to eliminate the open trailing edge and restore blade integrity. The solution was designed to remove the overload risk and enable normal turbine operation without requiring structural repair.

      Impact

      The intervention increased turbine availability and eliminated the risk of further asset damage. The certification body confirmed that the D-TE™ solution did not affect the blade’s load-carrying capability, providing assurance of long-term operational safety.