Visit or Take a Virtual Tour
Situated on the sprawling 305-acre Flatirons Campus, the 10,000-ft2 CoMET expands NLR’s composite manufacturing research capabilities by enabling researchers
to design, prototype, validate, and manufacture composite wind and marine turbine blades and other components in one location.
The campus, which hosts the National Wind Technology Center, is about 5 miles south
of Boulder, Colorado (25 miles north of NLR’s Golden-based campus). The cities of
Louisville and Broomfield are nearby. The Flatirons Campus is approximately 37 miles
northwest of Denver International Airport.
View a virtual tour of the facility’s manufacturing and wind energy assets (text alternative available).
View an alternate virtual tour of the facility’s water power assets.
Cutting-Edge Capabilities
The CoMET facility grants users access to 3D-printed blade tooling, composite material
mixing equipment, state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques, and novel materials for
rapid prototyping. Users can also simulate and model designs and manufacturing methods
and characterize the structural properties of their prototypes.
Featuring specialized capabilities in wind energy and marine energy industry composite
research, the CoMET provides clean tech titans with the tools and workspaces essential
to the development of industry-advancing materials and processes, such as: