The era of auctions and tenders is well and truly upon the wind energy industry, and the supply chain is already starting to feel a pinch. Some companies have reported tighter, and even in some cases negative margins in their quarterly financial disclosures as they reconcile their business with a largely subsidy free era. Some of the supply chain companies have taken steps to gain more cost efficiency from scaling their sub-component orders by changing the way their product portfolios are designed. Companies can achieve higher return on capital by ensuring that they have maximized the re-use of components such as generators, gearboxes (if applicable), and blade manufacturing tooling across a wider range of their wind turbine fleet. This is a concept called modular platform design, and is currently being employed by no fewer than 4 out of the top 5 OEMs globally.
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