WindEurope

Name

WindEurope

Legal name

WindEurope asbl/vzw

Website

https://windeurope.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wind energy industry association services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Offshore Wind Project Development & Leasing (EUAMACAB)

Keywords

• Wind energy advocacy
• Industry association services
• Renewable energy policy
• Market intelligence data
• Wind industry events

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: WindEurope generates revenue through membership fees from its 600+ member companies including wind turbine manufacturers, developers, vessel owners, operators, research institutes, and national associations. The association offers different membership tiers including Leading Members with automatic Board seats and priority access to events, Corporations, and Non-profit organisations.
2. Event Revenues: Revenue generated from conferences, exhibitions, and events including the Annual Event, WindEnergy Hamburg, RE-Source, and specialized seminars. Event revenues fund WindEurope's advocacy and policy work.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

WindEurope is a membership-based industry association that represents over 600 member companies across the European wind energy value chain, providing EU-level policy advocacy, market intelligence, industry networking events, and thought-leadership publications. It sells membership access, conference participation, and access to data platforms (Intelligence Platform, Windflix video platform, Reports library, Careers and Training resources) to wind turbine manufacturers, developers, suppliers, research institutes, and national associations.

Product overview

WindEurope serves as the voice of the European wind energy industry, offering a suite of intelligence and knowledge products rather than a traditional product portfolio. The core offering is the WindEurope Intelligence Platform, which aggregates comprehensive data, statistics, and analytical tools for industry stakeholders. Supporting this are Windflix (a video content platform showcasing industry stories and education), an extensive reports library covering statistics, market trends, and policy developments, and careers/training resources. These products work together to serve the wind energy industry through data-driven insights, workforce development, and stakeholder engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Windflix: WindEurope's video platform showcasing people and places in the wind energy industry, including series like 'Wind Works for Europe', 'Giles & Pierre', 'Breaking Wind', 'Generation Wind', and 'FLORES Offshore Jobs'.
• WindEurope Intelligence Platform
• RE-Source Platform

Products and services

• WindEurope Intelligence Platform A comprehensive data platform providing wind energy statistics, interactive tools, reports, infographics, webinars, and policy resources for the European wind industry. Features include installations tracking, wind farm maps, financing data, turbine orders monitoring, workforce tools, auctions and tenders insights, and daily wind power numbers. Available to members and industry stakeholders.
• Windflix Video Platform A video platform showcasing the wind energy industry through series like Wind Works for Europe, Giles & Pierre, Breaking Wind, Generation Wind, and FLORES Offshore Jobs. Features video content about industry players, technology, policy discussions, and careers in wind energy. Free-to-access multimedia content aimed at broader public engagement.
• WindEurope Annual Event Annual flagship conference and exhibition for the European wind industry attracting thousands of industry participants for networking, knowledge sharing, and business development. Upcoming 2027 edition scheduled for Copenhagen; previous editions in Madrid (2026) and Copenhagen (2025). Ticket and sponsorship sales for industry attendees.
• Reports and Publications Extensive library of wind energy research including annual statistics, offshore wind trends, wind turbine orders monitoring (quarterly and annual), financing and investment trends, workforce reports, repowering studies, and national policy regulatory developments. Sold/distributed to industry stakeholders, members, and policymakers.
• WindEurope Careers and Training Resources Educational resources including university programmes, training courses, career paths guidance, and job portal access. Provides workforce forecasting with projected job numbers for 2030 across operations, manufacturing, installation, and planning roles. Targeted at students, job seekers, and wind industry employers.
• Interactive Data and Maps Interactive tools including wind farm density visualizations, installations tracking, turbine manufacturer market share, financing data, turbine order monitoring charts, auction and tender results, power purchase agreement tracking, and generation data by country. Accessible via the Intelligence Platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Europe has 304 GW of installed wind capacity providing 20% of the continent's electricity
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Heico FastenersminorOthers · 8 June 2026Heico Fasteners is an official member of WindEurope and supplies bolt locking solutions to the wind energy sector for applications including foundation bolting, rotor blade connections, and access systems in both onshore and offshore wind turbines. The company celebrated its 125th anniversary.
• Ocean WindscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, participates as offshore content partner at WindEurope 2026 Annual Event in Madrid. The company showcased its European offshore wind portfolio, including projects in France (Yeu-Noirmoutier and EFGL floating project) and Poland (BC-Wind with €2 billion financing). Ocean Winds announced a biodiversity coexistence report from WindFloat Atlantic project.
• Renewable Hydrogen CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWindEurope participates in the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, an alliance focused on advancing renewable hydrogen as a key component of Europe's energy transition. The coalition works to promote policies supporting hydrogen production from renewable electricity.
• Electrification AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWindEurope is a member of the Electrification Alliance, which advocates for accelerated electrification of Europe's economy as a pathway to decarbonization and energy security.
• RE-Source PlatformcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerWindEurope co-hosts the RE-Source Platform, a leading European event for corporate renewable energy sourcing through Power Purchase Agreements. RE-Source 2026 is scheduled for November 2026 in Amsterdam. The platform addresses PPA market challenges including grid development, permitting, and negative electricity price impacts.
• European CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWindEurope works with the European Commission on policy development including the Industrial Accelerator Act, EU Grids Package, Net Zero Industry Act, and various energy security initiatives. The association provides industry input for legislative and regulatory frameworks.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• RenewableUK: RenewableUK is the UK's leading renewable energy trade association covering wind, wave, and tidal power. It serves as a WindEurope national-association affiliate and peer, operating with a comparable membership, events, and policy-advocacy model focused on the British market.
• Bundesverband WindEnergie (BWE): BWE is Germany's national wind energy industry association and one of WindEurope's largest national-association members. It mirrors WindEurope's advocacy and member-services model at the country level and is a key counterpart for German federal policy coordination.
• Wind Energy Ireland: Wind Energy Ireland is the national trade association for the Irish wind industry, providing advocacy, events, and market intelligence to Irish wind developers and supply-chain companies. It operates a model directly comparable to WindEurope's national-association network but focused solely on the Irish market.
• Energies de France / SER (Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables): SER is the French renewable energy trade association representing wind, solar, and other renewables developers. It is a peer in delivering advocacy, market intelligence, and events to French renewables members and coordinates with WindEurope on EU-level policy positions.

Direct peers

• Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC): GWEC is the international trade association for the wind energy industry, representing the global wind value chain in markets beyond Europe. It is the closest direct peer to WindEurope, with overlapping membership from major OEMs and developers, complementary global policy advocacy, and shared industry intelligence products.
• American Clean Power Association (ACP): ACP is the leading US clean energy trade association representing wind, solar, storage, and transmission developers. It is a direct peer in serving as the unified industry voice before policymakers and providing market intelligence, conferences, and advocacy services to wind OEMs and developers in North America.

Broad incumbents

• Eurelectric: Eurelectric is the European electricity industry federation representing utilities and grid operators across Europe. It is a peer in Brussels-based energy policy advocacy and shares overlapping membership with WindEurope (utilities, grid operators, ENGIE, Iberdrola, Vattenfall), though it represents the broader power sector rather than wind specifically.
• Hydrogen Europe: Hydrogen Europe is the Brussels-based association representing the European hydrogen value chain, including electrolyzer manufacturers and renewable-hydrogen producers. As WindEurope's partner in the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, it is a peer in the broader clean-energy association ecosystem serving overlapping Brussels-based policy and corporate constituencies.
• SolarPower Europe: SolarPower Europe is the Brussels-based association for the European solar value chain, mirroring WindEurope's role for wind. As a sister renewable-energy association, it competes for the same EU policymaker attention and overlapping corporate members (developers, IPPs, financiers) but in the adjacent solar segment.

Others

• DNV (Energy sector): DNV is a global energy advisory and certification body serving the wind industry with standards, technical advisory, and asset-integrity services. As a WindEurope member, DNV sits within the ecosystem as an enabling services provider — not a direct competitor, but a relevant adjacent peer for benchmarking the association's data and intelligence offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/windeuropeevent
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/windeurope
• Facebookfacebook.com/WindEurope
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/windeurope
• Instagraminstagram.com/windeurope

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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