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Small Wind Testing and Certification
Brent Summerville, Technical DirectorSmall Wind Certification Council
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SWCC: Small Wind Certification Council
New independent, third-party certification body to serve North America
Certify that small wind turbines (SWTs) meet the requirements of the new AWEA Small Wind Turbine Performance and Safety Standard
Used as incentive eligibility
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Problem Small turbine performance specifications are
not standardized Agencies and utilities providing financial
assistance are asking for performance assurance to increase support for incentives
Consumers need greater certainty of function, performance, and durability
Less than half of turbine models on the market have been tested
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California
Inaccurate performance ratings (Power) Field failures Suspension of $3/watt rebate in March
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New Jersey
REIP, Renewable Energy Incentive Program (rebate based on expected kWh)
Recent field failures = suspend program in March
www.njcleanenergy.com
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Why Certification? Allow consumer comparison of products Funding agencies will gain greater confidence
that small turbines installed with public assistance have been tested for safety, function, performance and durability and meet requirements of consensus standards
Consumer protection and industry credibility
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Consumer Labeling
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Product Development Scenarios
1. “The Short Circuit”
2. Certification
Dream up a wind turbine
designBuild one,
see if it worksSell to
customers
Revise design based on customer problems
Dream up a wind turbine
design
Build one, see if it works;
thorough shakedown
testing
Test and Certify to Standards
Sell to Customers
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Equipment Eligibility Per the AWEA standard
Newly manufactured, electricity-producing wind turbines with a swept area up to 200 m2
200m2 ~ 16m diameter rotor ~ 50-65 kW (or less)
HAWTs and VAWTsare welcome
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Certification based on… an evaluation of:
Wind turbine design(strength analysis)
Field testing
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Trend: Understanding VAWTs
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Field Testing
Performing test site evaluations Training Calibrations Proper equipment Procedures Quality assurance
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States adding certification requirements Energy Trust of Oregon Focus on Energy (Wisconsin) New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority (NYSERDA) Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
(MassCEC) California Energy Commission (CEC) Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,
Minnesota, Nevada, Vermont New Jersey?
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Trend: Status reporting SWCC Status reporting
Previous Application Pending Conditional Temporary Certification Certified
New Under Contract Under Test Reports Submitted Limited Power Performance Certification Conditional Temporary Certification Certified
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Trend: Reciprocity
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Certification to AWEA vs.MCS Certification in the UK
MCS Certification to BWEA Required Limited Design Evaluation Power Performance Safety and Function Duration Acoustic Noise (reporting
differs) Factory Production Control
SWCC Certification to AWEA
Required Limited Design Evaluation Power Performance Safety and Function Duration Acoustic Noise (reporting
differs)
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SWCC Program Status Began to Accept Notices of Intent in
February 2010 As of June 10, 2011
3 turbines with Conditional Temporary Certification
5 turbines “Under Test” 19 additional turbines “Under Contract”
Expect up to 9 certifications in 2011
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SWCC Certification Pending Applicants
6/7/2011
American Zephyr Airdolphin GTO Under TestBergey Windpower Co. Bergey 5kW & Excel-S Under Test (both)BRI Energy Solutions, Ltd Vbine 10-05 Under ContractEndurance Wind Power Inc. Endurance S-343 Under ContractEnertech, Inc. Enertech E13 Under ContractEvance Wind Turbines Ltd. Evance R9000 Conditional Temporary CertificationEveready Diversified Products
Kestrel e400i 3kW 250V & 48Vdc
Under ContractEvoco Energy Evoco 10kW Conditional Temporary CertificationGaia Wind Ltd. GW 133-11kW Certified Under MCSPolaris America LLC P15-50 & P10-20 Under ContractPotencia Industrial S.A. 10kW Hummingbird Under ContractProven Energy Inc. Proven 11 & P35-2 Certified Under MCS (both)Renewegy, LLC Renewegy VP-20 Under ContractSeaforth Energy AOC 15-50 Under ContractSouthwest Windpower Skystream 3.7 Conditional Temporary CertificationTaisei Techno Co. TTK-10kW Under ContractTalk, Inc. Suelflow 100 Under ContractUrban Green Energy UGE-1k and UGE-4k Under ContractUrWind Inc. UrWind O2 Under TestVentera Energy Corporation Ventera VT10 Under TestWindspire Energy Windspire – 800040 Under ContractXzeres Wind Corporation Xzeres-442SR Certified Under MCS
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See the list on new websiteAlso in the SWCC booth
www.smallwindcertification.org
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Certified Strength, Durability, Function & Performance of turbine system
Certified for Electrical Safety
Certified Tower & Foundation design
Certified Installer
Wiring certified per Electrical Code
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