Small Wind Certification Council
| | | | | Dear Scott, Two significant events have happened for small wind certification - adoption by AWEA of the Small Wind Turbine Safety and Performance Standard and adoption by SWCC of the Small Wind Turbine Certification Policy. In February, we expect to announce when SWCC will begin to accept "Notices of Intent to Submit an Application" and requests for Application Packets. We will host a webinar for manufacturers on February 4 to explain the process and answer questions. Details on each of these actions is included below.
Sincerely,
Larry Sherwood
SWCC Executive Director |  AWEA Adopts Small Wind Standard
| In late December, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) adopted the Small Wind Turbine Performance and Safety Standard. The Small Wind Certification Council will use the Standard as the basis for its certification program.
The voluntary standard establishes uniform procedures to test and evaluate small wind turbines with swept areas of 200 square meters or less (up to approximately 65 kilowatts of power capacity), which comprise a large portion of the home, farm, and business small wind market segments.
The standard was finalized in December 2009 by the AWEA Standards Coordinating Committee (SCC), a voluntary consensus standards developer in accordance with guidelines from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The final standard can now be downloaded from AWEA's website.
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| | SWCC Adopts Certification Policy | The SWCC Board of Directors has adopted and released two SWCC Policies. The SWCC Small Wind Turbine Certification Policy defines the appropriate rules and procedures for the voluntary certification of eligible Small Wind Turbines. The SWCC Certification Appeal Policy defines the process of appealing an adverse action issued by SWCC, including deficiency and violation decisions, and objections to the application of SWCC policies.
Click here to download copies of the SWCC policies.
SWCC is not yet accepting Notices of Intent to Submit an Application nor Certification Applications. An announcement will be made (likely in February) when Applicants may begin to request Application Packets and submit Notices of Intent.
SWCC will independently evaluate the wind turbines' compliance with the standard's testing specifications, with the first certifications expected by late 2010.
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| SWCC Schedules Manufacturer Webinar
| SWCC will host a Web Briefing geared for small wind manufacturers interested in pursuing certification for their turbines on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 from 2-4 pm EST. The Manufacturers Briefing will open with a 30-minute presentation describing the process for manufacturers to comply with the AWEA's Small Wind Standard and become eligible for certification, followed by 90 minutes for questions and answers.
Additional web briefings will be held in early March geared toward installers and managers of state and utility incentive programs.
Click here to register for the February 4 Webinar. Participants are encouraged to visit the Frequently Asked Questions page on the SWCC website prior to the Briefing for answers to many questions about the certification process.
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