Making a technology leader

What makes a technology leader?

For decades, the wind industry has measured progress in terms of newer, larger turbines. But as the global leader in sustainable energy solutions, we know that true innovation goes beyond size. It lies in creating the technology of tomorrow: scalable, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions that can deliver high and consistent value for customers and society for many years to come. 

Wind energy will form the backbone of tomorrow’s sustainable energy system. As a global leader in wind energy, our focus is on scaling up wind energy development and deployment, while strengthening our role as a solutions provider.
To support the massive build-out of wind energy, the industry must mature and prepare for scalability and industrialisation. Designing technology with supply chain and infrastructure in mind will result in shorter execution times for projects, allowing us to better scale and support a long-term, resilient and sustainable market.
That’s why our technology is focused on scalability, modularisation, and standardisation: scaling and optimising our solutions, creating adaptable technologies for different environments, and establishing industry standards in wind energy. 

With four decades of experience designing, manufacturing, installing, developing and servicing reliable solutions that will harvest clean energy for decades, we’re committed to leading the responsible scale up of wind energy. We will leverage our experience, expertise and skilled team as we continue to navigate the many challenges involved in such a transition.
Ensuring robustness every step of the way is crucial for us. We’re focused on perfecting and continuously improving our existing platforms, rather than constantly introducing new ones, allowing all stakeholders involved in our supply chain to adjust and raise the bar on quality. For the turbines we’ve already installed, we’re committed to ensuring that they operate smoothly and efficiently throughout their entire operational lifespan.
We strive to achieve the highest standards of quality, longevity, and performance. To ensure this, our solutions undergo rigorous testing. We also expect the same level of excellence from our partners and suppliers resulting in strong partnerships across the value chain. 

Vestas’ technology is a key enabler of the green energy transition and one of the most impactful tools to mitigate climate change.
To scale the wind industry sustainably and justly, we focus on selecting and developing durable, low-emission components and materials. We are improving the recyclabilit; we are innovating circular use cases for our components, and are working with suppliers to reduce sustainability impacts across our entire value chain. Through innovative and sustainable solutions, we want to empower our customers to contribute to a greener future and achieve their sustainability goals. By reducing our emissions, committing to a circular economy and partnering across the value chain, we are raising the industry's sustainability benchmark and driving the transition to a world powered by renewable energy. In all our efforts, we respect human rights to ensure that the energy transition is just, inclusive, and benefits everyone.

These are our goals and the actions we’re taking: 

Scalable Solutions

  • Modularisation helps us make our systems more flexible, easier to maintain and scalable. Our advanced modular designs let us customise solutions for customers quickly, bringing innovations to market faster with proven Vestas technology. 

  • Standardised processes allow us to streamline development, reduce downtime and guarantee product reliability for our customers. It also eases global market entry via compliance with international standards, and safeguards both workers and the environment through adherence to safety protocols.

  • We’re focused on scaling sustainably, using and optimising the solutions we already have.  

Reliable Solutions
  • We strive to deliver predictable and reliable turbines that reduce downtime and increase project certainty for our customers.
  • We extend the lifetime of our turbines with high-quality, thoroughly tested materials and predictive maintenance. This approach not only advances industry technology but also promotes sustainable supply chains.
  • All our turbines go through an extensive test and verification programme, where we spend thousands of hours testing main components to ensure our products live up to quality and performance standards.
Sustainable Solutions

  • We remain committed to a science-based decarbonisation of our own operations (scope 1 and 2) and our supply chain (scope 3) without using carbon offsets.

  • Our goal is zero-waste wind turbine production by 2040 by improving our material efficiency, designing circular blades, reducing waste from our suppliers, and repairing and refurbishing components.

Our Technology Centres

Vestas has pioneered the wind industry for more than 40 years. Throughout the years we have opened technology centres around the world focusing on research and development of our products and solutions. Our main centres can be found in Aarhus, Porto and Chennai. Even though the centres are scattered across the world, collaboration is essential to deliver on our promises. Follow along as we introduce each of the centres in the upcoming months.