Technical Guidelines translated into English

Status: 22th December 2011

Contents

o       Ordering Technical Guidelines

General

The preparation of these Technical Guidelines for Wind Turbines (known, since 1998, as FGW Guidelines) began in 1992 with the objective of presenting measuring methods allowing determination of reliable and comparable data for wind turbines (WTs) based on state-of-the-art technology. The measurements from these three fields - power curve, noise emissions and electrical properties - should serve as the foundation for assessment of wind turbines, e.g. in permit issues, when assessing grid connection options or for reliable yield calculations.

The guidelines of the International Energy Agency (IEA), which have been drawn up since the 1980s, allow a wide scope for the measurements and evaluations. On the other hand, the Technical Guidelines are supposed to create the conditions (via further specifications) for making the measurement results comparable, irrespective of who performs them.

Measurements in accordance with the Technical Guidelines can be carried out by all qualified measuring institutes. A test report covering the measurements must be compiled; the principal results of which can be summarised in a test report excerpt applying the specifications provided in this guideline. However, it must be noted that the agency requested to recognise the measurements may place further demands on the measuring institution, besides the specifications described in these Technical Guidelines.

The following table shows which revision of the individual Technical Guidelines is presently valid: