Certification Programmes for RES installations (Danish Certification Scheme for Wind Energy Plants)

Updated: 04.01.2019

Author: Karl Wikberg

The goal of the certification scheme for wind energy plants is to ensure that on and off shore wind power plants meet the requirements laid down for energy production, safety and the environment, as well as that wind power plants are maintained as prescribed (§ 1 Executive Order No. 73/2013).

Manufacturers and suppliers of wind power plants shall, before putting it on the market or into service, ensure that the plant carries a CE marking and is accompanied by an EC declaration of conformity upon delivery to meet the requirements for safety and health, with regulations on the design of technical aids (§ 3 par. 1 Executive Order No. 73/2013). 

The certification of wind turbines with a rotor of 40 m² must be at least equivalent to those required modules and requirements for type or prototype certification specified in the European standard DS / EN 61400-22, including DS/EN-, IEC - and ISO standards specified in annex 1 of the Executive Order (§ 5 par. 1 Executive Order No. 73/2013).  

The certification of wind turbines with a rotor area of 5 to 40 m² must be at least equivalent to those set out in Annex 1 of the Executive Order (§ 5 par. 2 Executive Order No. 73/2013).  

The certification must also include noise measurements carried out in accordance with the current regulation on noise from wind turbines (§ 5 par. 3 Executive Order No. 73/2013).  

Addressees

Type certification for wind turbines shall be issued to the manufacturers or suppliers of wind energy plants (§ 3 par. 1 Executive Order No. 73/2013)

Competent authority

The certification scheme is managed by the ‘Energy Agency’s Secretariat for the Danish Wind Turbine Certification Scheme’ at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy (Technical University of Denmark) (§ 13 Executive Order No. 73/2013).

The bodies responsible for assigning certificates of approval to wind energy plants must be accredited by the Danish Accreditation and Metrology Fund (Danske Akkrediterings- og Metrologifond) – DANAK or by an equivalent recognised international accreditation company (§ 11 par. 1 Executive Order No. 73/2013).

Further information

Further information is available at the Danish Energy Agency’s Secretariat for Wind Energy Plants: http://www.dawt.dk/

Distribution of costs

Plant manufacturers

The costs of type certification shall be borne by the manufacturers and suppliers of a wind energy plant (§ 15 par. 1 Executive Order No. 73/2013).

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Further information

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