‘Shocks are good for shaking Europe out of its complacency’
As the wind industry braces for a period of uncertainty due to unfavourable policy conditions in the US and disruption to the supply chain, some argue that geopolitical shocks are not necessarily a bad thing for Europe.
Recorded at the recent WindEurope conference in Copenhagen, senior Vestas spo...
WindEurope’s outgoing CEO goes back to school
Giles Dickson, WindEurope’s outgoing CEO, discusses the challenges and achievements of his ten-year tenure leading the trade body, offers some sound advice to his successor and tells Windpower Monthly why he is going back to school.
Earlier this summer, the wind industry received a shock announc...
Vestas CTO Anders Nielsen on turbine sizes, skills and retirement
Vestas’ outgoing chief technology and operations officer, Anders Nielsen, talks about why the wind industry is reaching the end of the line on turbine sizes and what he is looking forward to in his retirement.
Nielsen handed over the reins as CTOO to his successor, Felix Henseler, on 1 Septembe...
Suzlon co-founder: ‘We’ll build an offshore turbine when the time is right’
Girish Tanti, co-founder of Indian turbine firm Suzlon Energy, discusses India’s renewable energy journey, why offshore wind does not hold the same appeal in India as it does in Europe and the country’s trajectory towards energy security.
Tanti, a key figure in India’s renewable energy industry, ...
Christmas special: What were the biggest industry themes in 2025?
Windpower Monthly editor Ian Griggs and reporters Robyn White and Orlando Jenkinson talk about the issues and themes which defined 2025 for them in this special Christmas edition of the Wind Power podcast.
The conversation covered Donald Trump's election in the US and the effect on the country's ...
‘Only wind power can meet growing energy needs of the US’
Speaking at the February 2025 Blades USA conference, delegates predicted how they thought the US wind industry would fare under the then newly elected Trump administration.
Experts in turbine blade repairs, operations and maintenance and fire safety spoke to Windpower Monthly editor Ian Griggs ab...
Girish Tanti on Suzlon’s return to the European market
In the first of a four-part series recorded at last month’s WindEurope conference in Madrid, Girish Tanti, co-founder and vice chairman of Suzlon, talks to the Wind Power podcast about returning to the European market with the company’s new 'Blue Sky' platform.
In an interview recorded only 24 h...
Renewable UK CEO: ‘Drill baby, drill’? I say ‘spin baby, spin’
In the second of a four-part series recorded at last month’s WindEurope conference in Madrid, Tara Singh, CEO of Renewable UK, talks to the Wind Power podcast about the current global energy crisis and how that makes the case for increasing the focus on renewables.
Windpower Monthly editor Ian Gr...
RWE onshore chief - Grid-blocking is like putting a towel on a deck chair
In the third of a four-part series recorded at the recent WindEurope conference in Madrid, RWE’s onshore chief, Sopna Sury, spoke to the Wind Power podcast about grid bottlenecks how to engage communities with large energy infrastructure projects
Windpower Monthly editor Ian Griggs also spoke to ...
Floating wind is 'dangerously close' to being commercially viable
In the final part of a four-episode series recorded at the recent WindEurope conference in Madrid, three floating wind specialists spoke to the Wind Power podcast about the prospects for this technology.
Windpower Monthly editor Ian Griggs spoke to two developers, Hugh Kelly, CEO of Simply Blue E...
