VertAx Wind Limited has announced that it has expanded its engineering development team by including The Northwest Composites Centre, a research institute in composite materials used in industry.

The Northwest Composites Centre, a collaboration of the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Lancaster and Glyndwr, will play a role together with Slingsby Composites Ltd in developing the right materials for use in the large blades and rotor assembly that will power the 10MW vertical axis wind turbine currently under development.