In its press-release to the Global Offshore Wind Report 2021, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) looks at the growth of the global offshore wind industry in 2020, presenting a forecast of the latest technology trends and innovations, and discussing the challenges and opportunities for offshore wind market growth toward meeting global climate goals.  In 2020, the offshore wind market volume reached 6.1 GW, which is slightly...

Nordex is one of the largest developers and manufacturers of wind turbines in the onshore segment. The company was established in 1985 and has approximately 8,500 employees worldwide. As one of the world's largest wind turbine manufacturers, the Nordex Group offers high-yield, cost-efficient wind turbines under the Acciona Windpower and Nordex brands that enable long-term and economical power generation from wind energy in all...

The 2021 edition of the Global Wind Report presented by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) presents the figures to new wind capacity in 2020 highlighting the role of the wind power on the road to global net zero economy. Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record year for global wind power industry, with 93 GW of new capacity installed. This is about 53% more than in 2019, when 60.4 GW of new wind energy was...

The new edition of Wind energy in Europe report analyses European wind power market summarizing new installations and financing activity in 2020 and making a development forecast for the next five years (2021 to 2025). According to the report, Europe has installed 14.7 GW of new wind capacity in 2020. Although this is down 6% from 2019 and 19% lower than predicted in pre-COVID times, the situation could have been worse due to...

The proposed review provides statistical data on patent applications registered in patent offices around the world in 2019, and is related to the subject of wind energy, mainly to applications concerning horizontal axis wind turbines which were found as the result of a deliberate search and processed on the date of this publication. In total, the patent search resulted in 2125 patent applications published in 23 offices around the...

Denmark is among the countries with the most active development in wind energy and was one of the first to build an offshore wind farm. The country is also home to many experienced offshore wind companies which benefit from the country’s suitable location for exploiting this technology. Now, the government and the industry are planning a cooperation to launch a truly impressive project. In 2021, following the Climate Agreement for...

The present review includes key indicators of patenting activity of inventors in the field of wind energy in 2019 that were found as a result of a deliberate search and processed on the date of this publication. 2125 patent applications with technical content related to horizontal axis wind turbines registered in 23 patent offices around the world during the year under consideration were collected for the analysis. Almost 500...

The Nordex Group is an integrated, global supplier of multi-megawatt onshore wind turbine systems. The Company develops complete systems, including control software, as well as services related to wind turbines. In 2019 the group installed more than 28 GW of wind power capacity in over 40 markets and in 2019 generated sales of around EUR 3.3 billion. Currently the company has more than 6,500 employees. The Group includes factories in...

When wind energy blades reach the end of their lifetime they cannot simply be decommissioned and taken to the nearest landfill. Most are as large as the wings of an airplane and need to be cut into several pieces small enough to be loaded onto a truck. Once deposited at the landfill, they remain there because the blades, as they are currently constructed, cannot be recycled.  This is why the number of spent turbine blades is...

The 15th edition of the Global Wind Report 2019 released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) provides comprehensive datasets on wind industry around the world, based on the newest market data, country profiles and global trends. According to the report, 2019 became the second-best year for wind power historically, with 60.4 GW of wind energy installations globally. This is 19% more than in 2018, when 51.3 GW of new wind energy...