Tag Archive for: wind

The state of the wind turbine manufacturing sector in 2026: a bipolar disorder

As we do every year, we’re gearing up for WindEurope 2026, which takes place in a few days’ time in Madrid, by reviewing the situation of the leading wind turbine manufacturers. How did 2025 go and what can we expect in 2026? Well, the short…

The value of wind power: prices captured by wind power in Spain

Due to the intermittent nature of renewable energies, the average price at which they sell their electricity does not necessarily coincide with the average price on the electricity market. To measure this, the concept of captured price is used,…

The EU Data Act and wind power: from captive data to generating value with data

For years, the wind energy industry has been talking about digitalisation, digital twins, data-driven decisions and advanced predictive maintenance, but in practice, access to data has remained one of the major bottlenecks preventing all these…

The tallest wind towers in the world

The 300-metre tower currently under construction in Germany challenges the limits of what is possible and gives us the perfect excuse to take a look at the tallest wind towers on the planet and see whether extreme gigantism also affects towers.   Why…

Have we reached renewable saturation level?

 “Captured prices", "cannibalisation", "economic curtailment", "renewable saturation"... these are concepts that we have been hearing about renewables for some time now, but which have multiplied since the blackout, monopolising a large part…

Revisiting wind turbine test centres

Four years ago, we dedicated an article in this blog to the wind industry's testing and validation centres where we marvelled at the facilities prepared for what, at that time, were the offshore giants: models of up to 12 MW with blades of more…

Would it make sense to design wind projects based on the price of energy?

Traditionally, the goal of wind farm design is to maximise annual energy production (AEP) within the safety margins of the turbine. But today, with electricity prices differing depending on the time of day, it may make more sense to maximise…

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…

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…