Name: Wind Performance Forum: Paris
Start: 2026-10-06
Location: Paris

2025 feedback

Why join?

"A conversation after a presentation pushed us to dig further, and we also went on to present our own work at the last WindEurope Technology Workshop."

Maëlys FuchsWind Resources and Performance Engineer, CGN Europe Energy

"Between operators, with no commercial agenda, we shared good practices and real difficulties. For a moment you'd forget some of us were competitors."

Christian Camilo Angulo RodriguezOperations Engineer, Data Engineering, EnergieTeam

"Bringing together actors from across the value chain is very rich, from asset managers to engineering teams. We even wanted to start a common think tank by the end of the day."

Simon BrilletHead of Engineering Studies, Valorem

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22 participants, 13 operators, first edition

Akuo · An Avel Braz · Boralex · CGN Europe Energy · EDF Power Solutions · EnergieTeam · Enertrag · Engie · JP Énergie Environnement · Neoen · Valeco · Valorem · Vensolair

What it is

A forum for open discussions.

On the operational side, good things already exist: technical workshops, industry groups, informal exchanges. But none of them focus on operational performance, peer to peer. That’s the gap the Wind Performance Forum is meant to close.

Operators only

Tipspeed organises, no other suppliers or OEMs in the room.

Stays in the room

Discussions are off the record, with a public write-up following every forum.

You pick the topics

The programme comes from a survey of the members, not from us.

In the 2010s, the Power Curve Working Group brought owners, OEMs and suppliers together on turbine power curves; its work on turbulence normalisation and rotor equivalent wind speed now sits inside IEC 61400-12-1:2022. Around the same time, the WRA group became the first peer community for wind resource assessment. It grew from a mailing list and now runs sessions at WindEurope’s conferences.

Last year, twenty-two people from thirteen operators met in Paris for the first Wind Performance Forum. Lan Ding (EDF Power Solutions) presented on power curves, Camilo Angulo (EnergieTeam) on bat curtailment monitoring, and Wassima Belhadri (JP Énergie Environnement) on pitch events, then everyone worked together in two workshops on operational power curve and performance degradation, built around a Python notebook. A good part of the time went into discussing what should come next instead. We all wanted to do it again.

First edition, Paris, 2025.

We are now expanding the idea, with two upcoming forums. It is open to every wind operator, kept small on purpose. What’s learned stays with the members. A short write-up is shared with the wider industry after every forum.

How it works

The operators run it.

FormatAbout 40 peopleOne day of presentations and workshops, small enough that everyone can speak.

AgendaTopics by voteMembers choose what gets discussed, through the survey.

DecisionsBy consentA proposal passes when no one has a real objection.

RolesPicked, and they rotateOperators take turns moderating. Workshop leads rotate.

PresentationsYou decidePresent what you want, how you want. No selection.

CostEqually sharedNo profit. The cost is split equally, aiming under €150 per person.

Why these rules

None of this is invented. The rules come from what has worked in peer groups for decades, starting with the PCWG and the WRA group in wind. If a rule does not work, the members change it. See how we decide →

Who we are

Who is behind it.

RelevanceOperatorThe seat is open, and rotates as operators step in.Want to fill it? Get in touch.

CredibilityTipspeedDoes the performance analysis, and connects the people who work on it.

LegitimacyWindEuropeThe access and the reach of the leading industry association.

We all get something out of it: operators get better at their own performance work, Tipspeed learns about the real problems, and WindEurope closes a gap its members pointed out. What keeps it clean is the setup, not good intentions: three different angles at one table, where members choose the topics, do the talking, and can change the rules.

Relevance (does it matter?), credibility (is it true?) and legitimacy (is it fair?) decide whether a group like this is trusted and used (Cash et al., 2003 ), and they have to be held in balance. That’s why each of us represents one.

What actually drives performance.