A new man is taking the seat at the head of the boardroom at wind energy organization Wind Europe. José Luis Blanco, CEO of Nordex, has been appointed as the new chairman. He is accompanied by new vice-chairman Alfredo Parres, who is head of renewable energy at Hitachi Energy, announces Wind Europe. 

In the coming years, much more wind energy will be installed in Europe. The EU and governments have set a target of 420GW by 2030, and just a week ago, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen emphasized in her state of the union address that the renewable energy industry of the future must be based in Europe.

It is from this background that the new Wind Europe leader is ready to take charge.

”We welcome European Commission President von der Leyen’s repeated commitment to support a Green Deal ”made in Europe”. Wind energy is a European success story. It will create jobs for 450,000 Europeans by 2030,” says José Luis Blanco, adding:

”But Europe’s wind turbine manufacturers and their suppliers are under pressure. The EU Wind Power Package must further accelerate permitting, put in place the auction design for wind energy and strengthen and expand the EU’s production and supply chains. Otherwise, the EU will not be able to mitigate risk and increase the resilience of its energy supply and economy. The measures announced cannot come soon enough.”

(Translated using DeepL with additional editing by Kristoffer Grønbæk)