WindEurope Annual Event 2025
WindEurope 2025 seeks in Copenhaguen urgent wind power development solutions that will make Europe's decarbonisation commitments possible
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The WindEurope Annual Event will be held in 2025 in the Danish city and Iberdrola will participate this year as well. From the 8th to the 10th of April, Copenhaguen will bring together more than 15.000 industry professionals who will get the chance to listen to experts in different sessions and interact with more than 500 exhibitors to showcase all the innovations in the wind energy market, both inside and outside Europe.
Iberdrola, a pioneer in wind energy
We are world leaders in wind energy
Offshore wind is key to our development
Energy transition, an Iberdrola commitment for 20 years
The WindEurope 2025 Annual Event 
, will take place in Copenhaguen from Tuesday 8 to Thursday 10 of April, this is an opportunity for prominent figures from politics, business and industry linked to energy and climate action to express their views and debate. Some 10,000 industry professionals will attend the event, with around 50 talks by more than 250 wind energy experts and almost 500 exhibitors representing the entire wind energy value chain will be on hand. The theme of this year's event will be "Scale Up, Electrify and Deliver" with the aim of putting "wind at the heart of Europe's competitiveness".
After escalating prices and severe inflation in recent months, WindEurope wants showed itself as a rallying point to make wind energy the spearhead of the energy transition. With the 2030 goals fast approaching, we need to make big decisions and push ourselves to achieve the goals, bringing the industry together and guiding it to become a successful industry.
The flagship event of the association that promotes the use of wind energy in Europe recalls that the European Union (EU) built 15 GW of new wind power capacity in 2024. This figure is a concern for the old continent, which would have to build 30 GW of new wind power capacity annually to reach the estimated 2030 number. "Europe is not building enough wind farms. Governments must act urgently to address three key problems: permitting hold-ups, grid connection bottlenecks and the slow pace of the economy’s electrification," explained Giles Dickinson, CEO of WindEurope. This is why the next few years are crucial for planning the promotion of this renewable resource: both to meet the goal of becoming energy self-sufficient and to meet the requirements of the European Green Pact for decarbonization by 2050.
At Iberdrola we were pioneers two decades ago in onshore wind power, a technology with which we will have installed 20.5 GW by the end of the first half of 2023. Now, offshore wind has established itself as one of our major growth vectors. At the end of the first half of 2024, we had 1,370 MW offshore in operation, a figure that will reach 4.8 GW in 2026. These projects will be joined by growth opportunities and options in key countries from 2027.
What is Wind Europe?
Wind Europe is the leading wind energy association in Europe. With more than 500 members, its main objective is to promote this type of energy and to create a working group in which the entire sector is represented, and which gather at the annual event – the WindEurope Annual Event.
Iberdrola's participation in WindEurope Annual Event 2024
In this edition, Iberdrola sponsored the "Powering the Future" conference stage where, from the 20th to the 22nd for 3 days, experts from the sector met to discuss how to manage energy to make it more sustainable, efficient and resilient.
On 20 March, panels focused on on the electrification of industrial heat, storage and the digital transformation of networks, ending with the award ceremony for the winners of the Hackathon.
On 21st the day started with two sessions dedicated to young talent and continued with sessions dedicated to the circular economy in the renewable sector, microgrids, grid flexibility, and the vision of the sector in the period 2024-2050. The final panel session of the day dedicated to the decarbonisation of ports through their electrification.
Finally, the 22nd focused on the importance of investing in networks and making them flexible, green hydrogen, open innovation, electrification of transport and the importance of heat pumps.
Importance of wind energy in Spain
Wind energy is the second largest source of electricity generation in Spain. In 2024, wind energy was generating 23%, a historical record, leading renewable energies. A total of 50% of the power used in Spain comes from clean energy sources. In the world, Spain ranks fifth in terms of installed wind energy capacity – behind only China, the United States, Germany and India – making it the second largest European country.
Spain has taken advantage of its strategic location to increase the amount of renewable energy in its energy mix, while at the same time committing to renewables as a way to avoid rural depopulation. In addition, the country has also increased its production of clean energy through the use of solar plants.
At Iberdrola we are also developing numerous hybrid projects, which combine both technologies to make greater use of renewable sources, with the aim of increasing production and reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
Floating offshore wind: what is it and how does it work?
Wind power is stronger in the ocean than on land, hence the development of offshore wind in recent years
What is a wind turbine and how does it work?
Have you ever wondered how a wind turbine tower can support so much weight? Or why they are all orientated in the same direction?
Operation of onshore wind farms
To harness the wind produced on land, enormous wind farms are built capable of extracting maximum power from this clean, renewable resource. Let us explain how it works.
