Wind Energy: Components Certification Helps Reduce Costs

Due to increasing international competition, manufacturers of wind turbines are under pressure when it comes to costs.

The certification process in particular can offer substantial savings potential.

Detailed knowledge about certification processes and about their influence on each other can be used as a benefit.

FFor market access of wind turbines it is important that component certificates issued by diverse certification bodies are recognized by the body which carries out type certification. “The component certificate can then be easily integrated into type certification. No additional detailed reviews of the components must be carried out, “said Benjamin Jendrosch, Product Manager Wind Energy at T