Standards, guidelines and current industry practices

Following a long process of validations and proofs, the WindCube Offshore is accepted by all experts and various international standards and industrial guidelines already approved its use for different applications and terrains, in standalone or in complement of a met mast. Moreover, the WindCube Offshore has achieved full IEC 61400-12-1 Ed.2 compliance with independent third-party classifications.

Below is an overview of the most important existing practices used by WindCube users for bankable projects and contractual performance verifications. The table is summarizing which applications each standard is made for and its status. Of course, there are links between use in pre and post construction use: for example, IEC 61400-12-1 Ed.2 guidelines for power performance tests are already influencing wind resource assessment practices:

Table 1. Standard and status for each application

Standard	Application	Status
IEC 61400-15	Wind Resource Assessment	In progress
IEC 61400-50-4	Wind Resource Assessment/FLS	In progress
IEC 61400-12-1 Ed.2	Power performance testing	Released
OWA Carbon Trust	Wind Resource Assessment/FLS	Released
IEA Wind recommends Lidar use for WRA	Wind Resource Assessment	Released
FGW Technical Guidelines for Wind Turbine PART 6	Wind Resource Assessment	Released
Measnet: evaluation of site-specific wind conditions	Wind Resource Assessment	Released
DNV GL Stage 3 - Position statement	Wind Resource Assessment	Released
Ecofys position on Lidar use	Wind Resource Assessment	Released