BASF releases new film on wind energy

Innovative solutions from the chemical industry help to enhance the performance and efficiency of modern wind turbines. That is the message of the new “Perpetual Motion on the Skyline” film of roughly four minutes that BASF has released in the “Creating Chemistry” series. The video also provides interesting insights into the activities of Enercon GmbH, a BASF customer and a major wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Aurich, Northern Germany.

Be it in the use of epoxy systems for heavy-duty fiber-reinforced components, coatings for wind turbine blades, foams for the internal strengthening of rotor blades, special grouting mortars or concrete additives for the production of ultra-high strength foundations and towers, or lubricants for gearboxes – BASF’s chemistry comes into play everywhere. BASF supports the manufacturers of wind turbines with a broad range of products and solutions that it keeps enhancing in close cooperation with its customers. “We have been relying on and trusting in our cooperation with BASF for some years because it enables us to develop and improve products to meet our specific needs. We get optimum results in this way,” said Ruth Brand-Schock of Enercon GmbH. The strains and stresses that a wind turbine is exposed to are immense: With top speeds reaching up to 300 kilometers an hour, powerful forces act on the whole plant. They may make blade tips bend by more than a meter. In addition, weather factors such as snow, rain, heat and UV radiation take their toll on the wind power plant. “Wind farm operators expect that a wind turbine will have a life span of more than 20 years. BASF can help to see that a turbine lasts as long as this, is manufactured more efficiently and thus operates more economically,” said Torben Jensen, head of the Business Center North and spokesperson for the BASF Industry Focus Team Wind Energy.

BASF supports the development of wind power as a climate-friendly source of energy in the energy mix. BASF’s portfolio for wind power applications comprises epoxy and coating systems, foams, special grouting mortars and concrete additives as well as lubricants and hydraulic systems. The innovative solutions from BASF facilitate more efficient manufacturing, coating and maintenance of rotor blades, foundations, towers and gearboxes of wind turbines. In this way BASF helps to make wind turbines more profitable and more durable. BASF continually develops and improves its wind power portfolio in close cooperation with its customers.

Source: BASF