For the past 30 years, Charles Dugué is active in wind energy.
After an education as an engineer at INSA Lyon (France), followed a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, he joined a French pioneer in the field of wind project development (La Compagnie du Vent) to be the project manager of the first wind park in France. He was then recruited by the world’s leading wind turbines manufacturer, Danish Vestas, to create and manage its French subsidiary. He leaves Vestas France after five years (80 people – turnover of more than € 150 million), to create his consulting company Wind Dynamic and also creates, in partnership with German technical expertise 8.2 Consulting, their representation in France.
He was then recruited by Theolia, developer and operator of wind farms to take the lead of their French subsidiary of 57 persons and then further became CEO of 8.2 Consulting AG, leader in the technical consulting of renewable energies on and offshore, based in Hamburg.
In 2019, he joined MHI Vestas (now Vestas) as Sales Package Manager and worked on many offshore projects both bottom-fixed and floating.
Since 2025, he is a free-lance consultant at Wind Dynamic offering services for the wind industry.