On 2 July 2025 we officially opened the Blade Barrier\u00ae. The project has since moved into its second phase of testing.<\/p>\n
Blade\u2013Made delivered a trial installation of the Blade Barrier\u00ae: a sound barrier built from repurposed wind turbine blades.<\/p>\n
We identified sound barriers as one of the most effective large-scale applications for end-of-life blades, as they can be reused in their full form with minimal processing. In our designs, the horizontal configuration uses around 45 blades per kilometer, while the vertical configuration can use up to 200 blades per kilometer.<\/p>\n
To create a scalable, widely applicable, and certifiable product, Blade\u2013Made realised a 60-meter test barrier on Rijkswaterstaat\u2019s innovation strip along the A58 near Oirschot (InnovA58). The project was carried out in collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat\u2019s Innovation Quarter and Dura Vermeer Infra, and was financially supported by the Province of Noord-Brabant.<\/p>\n
The test installation is being evaluated on:<\/span><\/p>\nManufacturability<\/p>\n
Acoustic performance \/ noise reduction<\/p>\n
Financial feasibility<\/p>\n
Sustainability<\/p>\n
Maintenance and safety<\/p>\n<\/div>
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Partners
\nDura Vermeer Infra, InnovA58 (Rijkswaterstaat), Provincie Noord Brabant<\/b><\/p>\n
Status
\nTest installation realised on 02\/07\/2025<\/b><\/p>\n
Location
\nInnovation strip A58 (Oirschot), Noord Brabant, The Netherlands.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2049,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[42,23],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[37],"class_list":["post-1947","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-all-projects","portfolio_category-sound-barrier","portfolio_tags-blade-made-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/1947\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blade-made.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}