Glossary term

wind energy generator

A CRMA end-use equipment term for the part of a wind turbine that converts rotor mechanical energy into electrical energy.

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What does wind energy generator mean?

Wind energy generator is a CRMA end-use equipment term connected to strategic technologies and material demand. It identifies the generating part of an onshore or offshore wind turbine, not the whole wind project, not a renewable-energy certificate, and not proof that a specific critical raw material is present or recovered.

Source context

This page is anchored in CRMA Article 2, point 41. It is useful in the strategic-technologies graph because wind-energy equipment can connect product categories, components such as permanent magnets, and critical-material demand.

Official definitions by source

EU Critical Raw Materials Act

Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials

the part of an onshore or offshore wind turbine that converts the mechanical energy of the rotor into electrical energy

CRMA Article 2 source-specific definition layer.

Reference: Article 2, point 41

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Practical application

Implementation records should capture the equipment identifier, turbine context, generator component, material-demand link, onshore/offshore context, component boundary, related permanent-magnet evidence, and distinction from project permits or electricity-output claims.

Minespider commentary

Wind energy generator is a wind-equipment anchor control: the evidence consequence is that strategic-technology demand can be connected to component and material records without claiming that the whole wind project or every turbine part contains a specific critical raw material.

Common confusions

  • A wind energy generator is the part that converts the mechanical energy of the rotor into electrical energy, not the whole wind project.
  • The term does not prove the presence, origin, or recovery of any particular critical raw material.
  • It should not be used as a renewable-energy certification or electricity-output claim.