Kirt Thomsen in partnership with Bladena have recently released a newly updated The Blade Handbook™ - a powerful tool focused on aligning communication between different actors within the R&D of wind turbine blades. A new edition is an additional outcome of the 3rd wind turbine blade research project called CORTIR, where a large international network of wind turbine owners, manufacturers, universities and technology companies were collaborating on finding the ways to minimize costs and risks for wind turbine maintenance. The handbook grew by half in content volume turning into an all-in-one, yet easily consumed fundamental term and concept base for the blade experts and newcomers alike. The print book shouldn’t cost the Earth. The Blades Handbook is issued at Nordic Swan eco-labeled print house that not only use certified sustainable paper, ink and toner, but also utilizes eco-current from Norwegian hydropower plants.