Virtual tour of WindEnergy Hamburg 2024

Is it possible to visit a trade fair virtually? As we could not be present at WindEnergy Hamburg 2024 this year due to scheduling issues, we tried to recreate a visit by highlighting the most interesting things seen and heard on the media...…

Capacity factor in renewables

The Capacity Factor is one of the most widely used indicators in our industry. It indicates the level of utilisation of a generation plant and is a simple and quick way to get an idea of the "efficiency" of a wind or solar project. It is therefore…

Wooden wind turbines?

Recently there has been a lot of talk about start-ups that are developing both wooden wind turbine towers and blades. These are still very embryonic companies and projects, but it is worth taking a look at this technology to see what the future…

Europe’s renewable industry seeks protection

A few days ago, the European Solar Charter was signed, a non-binding document supporting the European solar industry. Also recently, the famous Net Zero Industry Act has been approved by the European Parliament and the European Commission has…

Windeurope 2024 highlights

On 20, 21 and 22 March, WindEurope 2024, Europe's leading wind power trade fair and conference organised by Windeurope, took place in Bilbao. As on previous occasions, taking advantage of the privilege of being held in Bilbao, we took a tour…

A snapshot of European wind energy sector

As WindEurope 2024 is about to be held in Bilbao, the annual event of reference for wind energy in Europe, it is a good time to review the current situation of the sector in our continent. After the desert crossing that the last two years have…

What about offshore in the USA?

Large projects cancelled, developers who can't make the numbers, the supply chain seeing their investments at risk, regulators unable to encourage business... it seems that in the last year it's all bad news for offshore wind in the USA. How…

Wind and solar in Spain – Overview 2023

For the sixth year, we publish a summary of how wind and solar have performed in Spain in the year that has just ended. A year marked by the return to normality of electricity prices and by the confirmation of solar as the great giant of the…

We have a Wind Power Action Plan, now what?

On 24 October, the EU published the long-awaited Wind Power Action Plan (WPAP), a list of 15 measures grouped into 6 areas aimed at helping Europe's wind supply chain because, in the EU's own words, "The EU cannot double the pace of wind energy…

Electrification: the limping pillar of the energy transition

Electrification, renewables and efficiency are the 3 pillars on which the energy transition is based. The problem is that while renewables and efficiency are advancing fast and with great prospects, electrification is slower and threatens to slow down the energy transition.