BARLOVENTO RECURSOS NATURALES, S.L. (Unipersonal) (BARLOVENTO APPLUS+)

Barlovento Applus+ (formally BARLOVENTO RECURSOS NATURALES, S.L.) is a specialist technical consulting, engineering, and testing company serving the global renewable energy sector, with deep expertise in wind energy and grid-scale energy storage. Founded in Spain in 1998, the company built a reputation over two decades as a leading independent advisory firm for wind project stakeholders worldwide. In December 2023, Barlovento Recursos Naturales was acquired by Applus+, a globally recognized testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) group, combining Barlovento's wind sector expertise with Applus+'s international laboratory network and institutional credibility. The combined entity serves wind farm developers, project investors, lenders, turbine manufacturers, and independent power producers who require rigorous, impartial technical assessments across every stage of the project lifecycle—from pre-development through construction, commissioning, and long-term asset management.

At the core of Barlovento Applus+'s offering is its accredited wind turbine testing laboratory, which provides a comprehensive suite of performance and compliance tests for onshore and offshore wind turbines. The flagship service is Wind Turbine Power Performance Testing, commonly called power curve testing, executed in accordance with IEC 61400-12-1. These tests verify that a turbine's actual energy output matches the manufacturer's warranted power curve—a result that is critical for project finance, warranty enforcement, and operational benchmarking. The laboratory has conducted accredited power curve tests on more than 300 wind turbines across projects worldwide. Additional testing services include Acoustic Noise Measurements, which characterize sound emission profiles under varied operating conditions; Mechanical Load Assessments, which verify turbine control system behavior under critical and transient states; and Operation and Safety Evaluations, which examine turbine response to fault events, emergency stops, and grid disturbances in accordance with applicable IEC standards.

Beyond turbine-level tests, Barlovento Applus+ operates a Wind Resource Assessment practice encompassing the design, installation, and management of on-site measurement campaigns via meteorological masts and remote sensing equipment including SoDAR (Sonic Detection and Ranging) and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) systems. The team has developed particular expertise in LiDAR-based measurement methodologies for complex terrain, where conventional cup-anemometer methods face significant limitations. This expertise was presented through technical posters at WindEurope 2026 and an accompanying webinar on practical perspectives on LiDAR-based power curve testing in complex terrain. Wind resource assessment outputs—long-term wind speed distributions, turbulence intensity profiles, and wake loss models—underpin energy yield predictions and bankability assessments used by lenders and project investors.

Barlovento Applus+'s consulting division offers independent technical advisory services across the full wind project lifecycle. The team provides lender's technical advisor (LTA) and owner's engineer services, including quality control, construction monitoring, turbine acceptance testing, and commissioning oversight. Recent mandates illustrate the practice's breadth: the company served as technical advisor on the sale of a 351 MW onshore wind portfolio in Spain and on the acquisition of 278 MW / 1,112 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Spain, demonstrating capability across both wind generation assets and grid-scale storage. The firm works where client projects are located—across Europe, Latin America, and beyond—deploying engineering teams to project sites worldwide.

The Advanced Electrical Consultancy practice focuses on the electrical integration of renewable energy projects into transmission and distribution networks. Services include grid connection studies, power quality assessment, electrical design review, protection and control system analysis, and verification of compliance with national and international grid codes. As grid operators across European and international markets impose increasingly stringent technical requirements on new renewable energy connections, this specialist capability has become an important differentiator for the company's clients seeking end-to-end technical support.

Barlovento Applus+'s testing laboratory holds formal accreditation from ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación), Spain's national accreditation body and a signatory to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement, with accreditation numbers 473/LE 1004 and 613/LE 1315 under the international standard ISO/IEC 17025 for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. The laboratory is additionally a recognized member of MEASNET (Measuring Network of Wind Energy Institutes), an international quality network of accredited institutes that perform wind measurements and turbine testing to harmonized procedures, and holds certification as a Renewable Energy Testing Laboratory (RETL) under the IECRE scheme administered by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The company was also among the first entities accredited by ENAC for tests and complementary simulations according to NTS (Noise Transfer Standards), underscoring its position at the frontier of accredited wind testing methodology.

Headquartered in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain (C/Pintor Sorolla 8, 1º-A), Barlovento Applus+ maintains offices in Romania, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, and other locations, enabling it to deploy measurement teams and consulting engineers wherever a client's project is situated—from European offshore developments to Latin American onshore wind parks. The combination of ENAC/ILAC-accredited laboratory status, ISO/IEC 17025 certification, MEASNET and IECRE recognition, and more than 25 years of focused wind sector experience makes Barlovento Applus+ one of the most credentialed independent wind turbine testing and advisory organizations operating globally.