“Our expectation for windenergy in Spain is that after the new regulation is in force, hardly any newparks will be developed, at least in the short term,” chief executive XabierEtxeberría tells Recharge.

This is prompting clientsto maximise the revenue of the plants they already operate, ensuring that they continue to run profitablyfor as long as possible.

“That fact has turned intoan opportunity for Gamesa, which is developing maintenance and operationservices capable of prolonging the operating life of parks and turbines abovethe lifespan foreseen in their original design — both for Gamesa models andthose of other manufacturers,” he says.

Allowing