Archive - Windletter

Windletter #116 - Giles Dickson steps down as CEO of WindEurope

Also: SGRE talks about its experience in floating, a bunch of refurbished V27 and V29, repairing a nacelle at sea, and more.

Jul 18 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windguest #3 – Types of wind turbine drivetrains

Wind turbine manufacturers have explored multiple drivetrain configurations. Today, different architectures coexist, each with its own strengths and…

Jul 10 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windletter #115 - GE Vernova obtains a permit to install an 18 MW prototype

Also: curiosities from the dismantling of the Muel wind farm, SGRE receives the first order for the 4.X platform, offshore wind farms in Denmark extend…

Jul 4 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

June 2025

Windletter #114 - Innovation or Standardization?

Also: Nabrawind progresses on its first multi-turbine wind farm, a power cable that incorporates hydrogen transport, Vestas celebrates 30 years in…

Jun 27 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windletter #113 - Lazard’s LCOE+ 2025: Is LCOE still a useful metric?

Also: TotalEnergies secures 1 GW of offshore wind, a full life-cycle analysis of the SG 5.0-145 (2.0), a demo of the C1 Wedge Connection™, and more.

Jun 20 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windletter #112 – Floating wind needs pre-commercial wind farms

Also: the Luxcara–Mingyang project under scrutiny, the first commercial Vestas V172-7.2 MW units, the video that lets you see wind turbine wakes, and…

Jun 12 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windstory #17 - A new life for decommissioned blades

What can we do with decommissioned wind turbine blades? The possibilities are varied, and some, quite surprising.

Jun 9 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windletter #111 - Dongfang tests the 153 meters of the largest blade in the world

Also: another new manufacturer in India, Aikido to install a 15 MW prototype in Norway, Shanghai Electric installs its first wind farm in Europe, and…

Jun 2 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

May 2025

Windletter #110 - The challenges of O&M in floating wind

Also: SGRE completes installation of its 21.5 MW prototype, Goldwind begins operations in Italy, Empire Wind 1 resumes construction, and more.

May 23 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windstory #16 - Analysing global wind power figures in 2024

The world installed 117 GW of wind capacity in 2024, just slightly above 2023. China accounted for 68% of it.

May 19 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

Windletter #109 - Ørsted cancels the 2.4 GW Hornsea 4 offshore project in the United Kingdom. What is happening?

Also: 132 kV for offshore wind turbines, BW Ideol's 20 MW+ floating platform, the challenge of blade repair, and more.

May 9 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

April 2025

Windletter #108 - United States destroys legal certainty

Also: Enercon installs the prototype of its E-175 EP5 E2, floating wind project CAPEX comparison, first results of the Vestas and SGRE collaboration…

Apr 30 •

Sergio Fdez Munguía

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