COBOD and GE Renewable Energy Announce Groundbreaking Industry Partnership

COBOD and GE Renewable Energy are looking to head the charge in the renewable energy market with record breaking high 3D Concrete Printed wind turbine bases.

With renewable energy at the forefront of the global climate change agenda this landmark partnership holds great promise of meeting the ambitious renewable energy targets governments worldwide have set. By exploring the possibility of 3D Concrete Printing the turbine bases, COBOD International and GE Renewable Energy are not only looking to reduce transportation costs, resulting in a more sustainable process, but also create more energy with higher bases and aim to create employment opportunities at the wind farms where the 3DCP technology will be used.

COBOD and GE Renewable energy also recently unveiled their research centre dedicated to using concrete additive manufacturing in Bergen, New York, where the COBOD BOD XL concrete 3D printer capable of manufacturing structures up to 20 meters high is being housed. This is where GE Renewable Energy have set-up a team of 20 dedicated members, funded by the US Department of Energy, to research the optimisation of the 3D printing technology with the aim of implementing the first applications within the next five years in the field of wind energy.

This partnership holds great promise for the future of 3DCP technology and its wider applications. You can read more about these recent developments in the full article here and more about the new R&D facility in Bergen, New York here. You can also view the recent BBC interview with COBOD International Co-Founder Hendrik Lund-Nielsen here.