Tag Archive for: OEM

China’s phantom menace in wind power

The Western wind industry has been living for years with the threat of Chinese manufacturers flooding the market with their low-priced turbines. In recent times, this fear has intensified due to the moment of weakness of Western OEMs, which…

Wind turbine manufacturers – reasons for optimism?

Are there reasons for optimism in the current downturn? We look for positive signs that could herald a turnaround in the wind turbine manufacturing sector.

Patent Wars

A Boston court recently banned GE from marketing Haliade-X in the US on the grounds that it infringes a SiemensGamesa patent. This high-profile case is, by now, the latest chapter in the patent wars that have been seen in the renewable market.…

Looking for trends in the financial results of wind manufacturers

We analyse the financial results of the last 6 quarters of Vestas, SiemensGamesa, GE and Nordex, looking for a trend that will give us a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel.

Windeurope 2022 summary: few novelties, some pessimism and many nice re-encounters

WindEurope 2022 in Bilbao has been the most bipolar of all the fairs I have visited in my career: happiness and good atmosphere for the face-to-face meeting with colleagues in the sector and at the same time pessimism and frustration for the…