Wind Turbine Generator Testing and Inspection

Solutions for Wind Power

In an expanding market of energy-efficient technologies, wind turbine certification is more valuable than ever before. The complexity of international standards and regulations means your company needs the expertise of TÜV Rheinland in order to ensure compliance and expand into new global markets. Wind turbine standards testing with TÜV Rheinland provides the needed certification and documentation to demonstrate the safety and reliability of your products while improving your company’s management system and production operations.

Benefits at a Glance

With TÜV Rheinland’s services for inspecting and certifying wind turbine generators, you can:

  • Reduce plant outages and minimize maintenance costs
  • Enhance maintenance logistics planning
  • Benefit from our quick turn around times, years of experience and expertise
  • Ensure from greater acceptance in the market, with our independent third party certification

Our Services for Wind Turbine Generators

Our experts offer comprehensive services covering every aspect of wind turbine generator operation. These include:

  • Site analysis, assessments and subsurface investigations
  • Noise emission and emission forecasts, shade projections, and damage reports
  • Plausibility checks for standard designs and advice on individual modifications in accordance with state construction legislation
  • Supervision of concrete manufacturers, including all parts and components
  • Coordination and official review of the structural analysis
  • Measurement of loads, output curves, control behavior, and electrical properties
  • Fire protection concepts and reports and lightning protection
  • Legal discovery focused on infrastructure, transport routes, and more
  • Quality control and supervision of tower and foundation construction, including all parts and components
  • Risk analysis of, for example, rotor blade failures or falling ice
  • Structural inspection certificates, load capacity and serviceability certificates for rotor blades, towers, and foundations
  • Acceptance tests and inspections prior to commissioning
  • Building inspections by the testing agencies of TÜV Rheinland LGA
  • Periodic inspections, including inspections in accordance with machinery regulations and rotor blade inspection
  • Design load checks
  • Inspections prior to warranty expiry
  • Basic and advanced training of your employees as service fitters and service mechanics through safety courses and repair coaching
  • Rehabilitation concepts
  • Damage analysis
  • Decommissioning, including cost calculation for financing, preparation of tender documents, legal discovery, and recommendations for disposal

Related Information

As a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory accredited by OSHA,TÜV Rheinland is:

  • Accepted throughout the world as one of the largest international testing laboratories
  • Accepted in jurisdictions throughout the United States
  • Member of IAEI (International Association of Electrical Inspectors)
  • Member of ICC (International Code Council)
  • Member of ACIL (American Council of Independent Laboratories)