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...
An independent climate think-tank, Ember, focused on accelerating the global electricity transition from coal to fossil-free has published its new Global Electricity Review, giving insights into electricity generation & demand worldwide. The report presents data for 2019 across 217 countries covering 85% of the world’s electricity production. First and foremost, the report focuses on coal-fired electricity, which fell by 3% (-259 TWh)...
In recent years China has been the undisputed world leader in wind energy, both in terms of the annual commissioning of new capacities and in the amount of accumulated power. According to Irena, 20.2 GW wind turbines were commissioned in China in 2018, representing an increase of 12%. For comparison, the global volume of newly-implemented wind energy capacity in 2018 was less than 10%. Preliminary data for 2019 shows that this dynamic...
The new edition of the annual Wind energy in Europe report published by WindEurope represents developments and statistics on Europe’s wind energy activity in 2019. Data in the report provides information on the 28 EU member countries in particular and Europe in general, including wind power installations and generation, wind turbine size, as well as investments, auctions and tenders in the industry. After a 32% dramatic drop in 2018,...
As the continuation of the previous review (Wind Energy 2018/ key indicators), the results of patenting activity of major applicants from patent applications dedicated to horizontal-axis wind turbines in 2018 are briefly evaluated here. 1583 patent applications were collected for the analysis, and are represented by 301 applicants from 29 countries and filed in 28 patent offices around the world. The methodology of searching and...
