Nabrawind receives national IP Fest Award for knowledge-transfer ‘Scale-Up’ Excellence
The award recognises the tech company’s ability to transform university research into disruptive and scalable solutions that have enabled the installation of the highest onshore wind turbines in the world.
Nabrawind has been honoured with the National Award for Knowledge-Transfer ‘Scale Up’ at the latest edition of the prestigious National Knowledge-Transfer Awards (IPfest), held yesterday at the CEN headquarters in Pamplona.
This recognition, under the category Where Science Becomes Business, highlights companies that have successfully and efficiently scaled their business model thanks to the transfer and application of scientific knowledge from research groups and Knowledge-Transfer Offices (KTOs).
Nabrawind’s innovations, such as the self-erecting Nabralift tower; the craneless blade replacement system BladeRunner; or the modular blades Nabrajoint, have been widely acknowledged in the sector for their strategic impact on the global energy transition. The company stands as a benchmark for how technology can be effectively transformed into real industrial solutions.
A Recognition of ten years of work
In his acceptance speech, Ion Arocena, CTO of Nabrawind, summarised the company’s evolution:
“I would like to express my gratitude for this award on behalf of the entire Nabrawind team. In ten years, we have gone from being six people sketching ideas on blank sheets of paper about what the new technologies we had in mind could look like, to installing the tallest wind turbines in the world and replacing damaged blades without using cranes, literally floating in the air using cables.”
“None of this would have been possible without the local network of suppliers, partners, public administrations, and technological centres and universities, especially the Public University of Navarre, where half of our team studied and with whom we collaborate through the Chair of Renewable Energies. We also support their Master’s Degree in Wind Energy Engineering and currently supervise two ongoing PhD theses.”