DNV+standards+and+guidelines+for+the+wind+industry

DNV has been active in developing standards, specifications and guidelines for wind turbine structures and components since 2001. The standards integrate decades of experience from the offshore industry with DNV’s in-depth wind turbine knowledge gained from the type certification of large megawatt turbines.

Current publications include:

  • DNV Standard DNV-OS-J101 - Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures:
    • Principles, technical requirements, and guidance for offshore wind turbine structures
    • Life-cycle approach covering design principles through decommissioning.
  • DNV Standard DNV-OS-J102 - Design and Manufacture of Wind Turbine Blades:

    • Detailed interpretation of the basic requirements for blades including design, manufacturing, and testing.

  • DNV Standard DNV-OS-J201 - Design of Offshore Substations:

    • Standard describing the baseline for safe design, layout, and operations of offshore substations.

  • Guidelines for Design of Wind Turbines (Risø DTU/DNV):
    • Guidelines for design of different types of wind turbines.

Publications in the pipeline:

  • Recommended practices are under development in areas such as remote sensing for wind resource measurement and design of floating turbine structures

  • DNV Rules on wind turbine installations vessels.

In addition, DNV takes a leading role in developing and revising international standards through active involvement on a number of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) committees and European and national standards bodies.

Electronic and paper copies of DNV standards and guidelines can be ordered from our webshop.


Gerelateerd links

DNV’s recent research activities in the wind industry

2009 projects
Performance optimization methods for operating wind projects • Guidelines for floating turbines • Analysis of grouted connections for offshore wind turbines • Development of real-time data loads analysis • Development of offshore safety standard for transformer platforms • WindMaster data management system – proprietary software for wind resource data analysis.

2010 projects
HSE hazard management framework for the global wind industry • Verification of complex foundation structures for the offshore wind industry • Methods of correcting complex flow bias for remote sensing technologies • An offshore standard for marine operations for installation of offshore wind • Wind turbine gearbox durability analysis • Offshore wind installation vessels advisory network • Implementation of curtailment strategies to obtain production data for use in wake studies • Development of new blade standard based on damage tolerant philosophy • Probabilistic lifecycle model for strategic/management decision support for large investments in offshore wind (value chain analysis) • Reliability database for large-scale wind turbines • Best practices for design of floating wind turbines.

Extraordinary innovation projects
Compressed air storage in pipelines and other options for energy storage for offshore wind.

>>