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PEL/88 - Wind turbines

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Electromagnetic compatibility. General | Wind turbine energy systems | Television and radio broadcasting | Cells and batteries. Acid secondary | IT applications. Other | Noise. Machines and equipment | Electromagnetic compatibility. Other | Electric road vehicles | Certification. Conformity assessment | Production. Production management | Electrical accessories. General | Technical product documentation | Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Multilayer applications | Insulating materials. General | Electronic components. General | Wires. Symmetrical cables | Gears | Housings, enclosures, other machine parts | Aerospace electric equipment and systems | Solar energy engineering | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input into the work of IEC/TC88 and CENELEC/TC88 for standards for wind turbine generator systems. These standards will deal with safety, measurement techniques and test procedures.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (53)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PNW TS 88-946 ED1: Wind energy generation systems - Part 28-3: Operation assessment and repowering of wind turbine generator systems in service

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Wind turbine energy systems

Proposal begins : 2023-03-23 		Proposal
PNW TS 88-945 ED1: Wind energy generation systems - Part 50-5: Use of scanning doppler lidars for wind measurements

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Wind turbine energy systems

Proposal begins : 2023-03-23 		Proposal
PNW TS 88-911 ED1: Wind energy generation systems - Part 21-6: Test procedures for grid adaptability of wind turbines

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Wind turbine energy systems

Proposal begins : 2022-10-04 		Proposal
PNW TS 88-1099 ED1: Wind energy generation systems - Part 12-80: Power performance measurements of electricity producing Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) (Proposed IEC TS 61400-12-80)

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-05-23 		Proposal
PNW TS 88-1098 ED1: Wind energy generation systems - Part 80: Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) (proposed IEC TS 61400-80)

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-05-23 		Proposal
PNW TS 82-2187 ED1: Photovoltaic (PV) module safety qualification for DC system voltage up to 3 000 V DC - Part 2: Requirements for testing

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Wind turbine energy systems

Proposal begins : 2023-10-19 		Proposal
PNW PAS 88-1046 ED1: Wind Energy Generation Systems – Part 60-1: Validation of computations models for loads and power performance

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2024-09-02 		Proposal
PNW 88-964 ED1: Wind energy generation systems - Part 27-4: Structure and validation procedure of Electromagnetic Transients (EMT) models

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Wind turbine energy systems

Proposal begins : 2023-07-03 		Proposal
PNW 88-963 ED1: Wind energy generation systems - Part 27-3: Structure and validation procedure of frequency domain models for harmonic propagation studies

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Wind turbine energy systems

Proposal begins : 2023-07-03 		Proposal
PNW 88-908 ED1: Standard file format for sharing power curve information

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Information technology | IT applications. Other

Proposal begins : 2022-09-28 		Proposal
Published (46)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TS 61400-9:2025 Wind energy generation systems. Probabilistic design measures for wind turbines

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2025-08-14 		Published standard
PD IEC WT 01:2001, IEC WT 01:2001 IEC system for conformity testing and certification of wind turbines. Rules and procedures

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2001-11-28 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-50-4:2025 Wind energy generation systems. Use of floating lidar systems for wind measurements

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2025-05-30 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-31:2023 Wind energy generation systems. Siting risk assessment

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2023-11-21 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-30:2023 Wind energy generation systems. Safety of wind turbine generators. General principles for design

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2023-09-19 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-28:2025 Wind energy generation systems. Through-life management and life extension of wind power assets

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2025-03-26 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-26-4:2024 Wind energy generation systems. Reliability for wind energy generation systems

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2024-08-21 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-25-71:2019 Wind energy generation systems. Communications for monitoring and control of wind power plants. Configuration description language

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2019-09-19 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-21-4:2025 Wind energy generation systems. Measurement and assessment of electrical characteristics. Wind turbine components and subsystems

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2025-05-02 		Published standard
PD IEC TS 61400-11-2:2024 Wind energy generation systems. Acoustic noise measurement techniques. Measurement of wind turbine sound characteristics in receptor position

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2024-04-09 		Published standard
Withdrawn (39)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TS 61400-26-3:2016 Wind energy generation systems. Availability for wind power stations

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2021-03-25 		Withdrawn
PD IEC/TS 61400-26-2:2014 Wind turbines. Production-based availability for wind turbines

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2017-10-26 		Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61400-24:2002 Wind turbine generator systems. Lightning protection

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2010-11-02 		Withdrawn
PD IEC TS 61400-3-2:2019 Wind energy generation systems. Design requirements for floating offshore wind turbines

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2025-03-06 		Withdrawn
PD CLC/TS 61400-26-3:2017 Wind energy generation systems. Availability for wind power stations

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2019-07-18 		Withdrawn
PD CLC/TS 61400-26-2:2017 Wind turbines. Production-based availability for wind turbines

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2019-07-18 		Withdrawn
PD CLC/TS 61400-26-1:2017 Wind turbines. Time-based availability for wind turbine generating systems

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2019-07-18 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 61400-26-1:2011 Wind turbines. Time-based availability for wind turbine generating systems

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2011-12-19 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 61400-23:2002, IEC TS 61400-23:2001 Wind turbine generator systems. Full-scale structural testing of rotor blades

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2015-01-06 		Withdrawn
DD IEC/TS 61400-14:2005 Wind turbines. Declaration of apparent sound power level and tonality values

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems

Withdrawn begins : 2017-11-01 		Withdrawn