The Research, Development and Innovation is all around Gamesa’s value chain and in all products and services, boosting the efficiency of energy.

Gamesa's R&D and innovation activity was backed by European, Spanish government and regional authorities in 2009. The company also arranged a 200 million euro loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its 2008-2011 R&D and innovation strategy.

Gamesa’s commitment to the innovation is based on 150 million euro R&D investments planned on Gamesa's 2011-2013 Business Plan.

In addition, Gamesa has opened in 2011 five technology centres in the United States (Virginia), the United Kingdom (Glasgow), India (Chennai), Singapore and Brazil, adding to the five centres it currently operates in Spain, the US and China. The Virginia and UK facilities will engage in the development of technology and offshore product, a market segment in which the company aims to become a major player in coming years.

One of the cornerstones of the plan is Gamesa’s commitment to becoming a leader in offering its customers a lower cost of energy (CoE). To this end, it plans a 20-percent reduction in the cost of energy through 2013, and a 30-percent reduction by 2015, thanks to the launch of new products (five onshore and offshore turbine systems), new technologies applied to existing systems, improved maintenance, etc.

This program will be supported by:

• Over 1,500,000 engineering hours per year
• To double R&D personnel by 2013 (50% of 2013 technology workforce in international centers). Nowadays Gamesa has 600 engineers devoted to R&D 
• More than 215 patent families

Gamesa is one of the most active industrial wind energy groups in the field of patent registration in the past few years.

Since it began developing its own innovations in 2003, the company has submitted and registered for a total of 210 inventions, which, considering all the markets where Gamesa operates, are 544.

Most Gamesa innovations in recent years are linked to turbine blade technology, particularly for the new Gamesa G10X-4.5 MW turbine system. The Gamesa G128-4.5 MW includes technological innovations based on design and validation concepts comparable to those in industries such as aeronautics.