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Technical Guidelines


FGW (founded in 1985) began the development of technical guidelines in 1992 with the aim of establishing measurement procedures by which reliable and comparable data for wind energy plants can be determined. FGW has since represented the state of the art of these measurements by regularly revising the technical guidelines as needed.

 

Measurements procedures have been developed in three different areas: power curve measurements, noise emissions and electrical characteristics which are used as the basis for technical evaluations of wind power plants that are relevant to:

 

  • Federal emission control allowance concerning noise emissions (TR 1)
  • Economics of Wind Turbines and yield estimation (TR 2)
  • Grid connection allowance and electrical characteristics (TR 3)

The guidelines of the International Energy Agency (IEA) that have been established since the 1980s have left a lot of grey areas related to measurements and their evaluation. FGW guidelines, on the other hand, aim to establish transparent requirements and produce biunique results in which the measured data and the measuring body are independent of each other.

 

Measurements according to FGW can be carried out by all qualified measurement bodies. A report is typically prepared for the measurement which summarises the results in accordance with the requirements laid down by the Technical Guidelines.

 

The following list shows which revision of the individual Technical Guidelines is currently valid:

TG 1 - Determination of Noise Emission Values

TG 1
Current edition: 19. ed.
Date/review: 01.03.2021
Available languages: german, english
Notes: none
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Chronicle:

 

Editions: 13 (01.01.2000), 14 (01.07.2003) 15 (01.01.2004), 16 (01.07.2005), 17 (01.07.2006), 18 (01.02.2008), 19 (01.03.2021)

TG 2 - Determination of Power Curves and Standardized Energy Yields

TG 2
Current edition: 18. ed.
Date/review:  22.12.2022
Available languages: german, english

Notes:

220505 FALK Anemometer Classification

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Chronicle:

Editions: 13 (01.01.2000), 14 (01.03.2004) 15 (01.05.2008), 16 (28.01.2010), 17 (07.03.2018), 18 (22.12.2022)

TG 3 - Determination of the Electrical Characteristics of Power Generating Units and Systems, Storage Systems as well as for their Components in Medium, High and Extra-High Voltage Grids

TG 3
Current edition: 26. ed.
Date/review: 05.04.2022
Available languages: german, english
Notes:

190122-FAEE-resolution-alterations-TG-3-Rev.-25.pdf

FAQ: TR 3 ed. 26, Status: 30.06.2023 version 0

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Chronicle:

Editions:
13 (01.01.2000), 14 (01.12.2001) 15 (01.09.2002), 16 (01.10.2004), 17 (01.10.2005), 18 (01.03.2006),
19 (14.01.2009), 20 (01.10.2009), 21 (22.03.2010), 22 (01.07.2011), 23 (01.05.2013), 24 (01.03.2016),

25 (01.09.2018), 26 (05.04.2022)

TG 4 - Demands on Modelling and Validating Simulation Models of the Electrical Characteristics of Power Generating Units and Systems, Storage Systems as well as their Components

TG 4
Current edition: 9. ed.
Date/review: 01.02.2019
Available languages: german, english

Notes: none
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Chronicle:

Editons:
0 (01.09.2003), 1 (01.12.2004) 2 (01.11.2006), 3 (30.04.2009), 4 (01.10.2009),
5 (22.03.2010), 6 (01.05.2013), 7 (07.04.2014), 8 (01.03.2016), 9 (01.02.2019)

TG 5 - Determination and Application of the Reference Yields

TG 5
Current edition: 8. ed.
Date/review: 09.03.2020
Available languages: german

Notes:

 effects of revision 17 of TG 2 on TG 5
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Chronicle:

Editions:
0 (01.07.2003), 1 (01.12.2003) 2 (01.03.2004), 3 (01.07.2005),
4 (01.06.2008), 5 (30.01.2003), 6 (24.02.2016), 7 (01.01.2017),
8 (09.03.2020)

TG6 - Determination of Wind Potential and Energy Yields

TG 6
Current edition: 11. ed.
Date/review: 21.09.2020
Available languages: german, english

Notes:

Technical Commitee on Wind Potential publishes statement on restructuring IEC61400 series

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Chronicle:

Editions:
(01.03.2004), (01.08.2004) 2 (02.09.2004), 3 (01.11.2004), 4 (01.07.2005),
5 (01.05.2006), 6 (01.11.2006), 7 (10.09.2007), 8 (19.05.2011), 9 (22.09.2014),
10 (26.10.2017), 11 (21.09.2020)

TG 7 - Operation and Maintenance of Power Plants for Renewable Energy
Part 7 - Category A

TG 7
Category A: Miscellaneous Section
Current edition: 1. ed.
Date/review:  15.10.2010
Available language: german

Notes: none
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Chronicle:

Editions: 0 (01.06.2006), 1 (15.10.2010)

Part 7 - Category A1

TG 7
Category A1: Plant responsibility
Current edition: 1. ed.
Date/review:  09.06.2020
Available language: german

Note: none
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Chronicle:

Editions: 0 (01.08.2017), 1 (09.06.2020)

Part 7 - Category B3

TG 7
Category B3: Specialist application notes for monitoring and testing foundations and supporting structures for wind turbines
Current edition: 1. ed.
Date/review:  04.11.2019
Available language: german

Note: none
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Chronicle:

Editions: 0 (01.01.2014), 1 (04.11.2019)

Part 7 - Category D2

TG 7
Category D2: State-Event-Cause code for Power Generating Units (ZEUS) 
Current edition: 1. ed.
Date/edition: 01.10.2013
Available languages: german, english

Notes: none
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Chronicle:

Editions: 0 (01.04.2012), 1 (01.10.2013)

Part 7 - Category D3

TG 7
Rubric D3: Global Service Protocol (GSP)
current edition: 0. ed.
Date/free download: 01.01.2014
available languages: german, english

Notes: none
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chronicle:

editions: 0 (01.01.2014)

Part 7 - Category D3, Attachment A

TG 7
Category D3: Globals Service Protokoll (GSP) – Attachment A: XSD schema documentation
Current edition: 0. ed.
Date/review: 01.01.2014
Available language: german, english

Note: none
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Chronicle:

Editions: 0 (01.01.2014)

TG 8 - Certification of the Electrical Characteristics of Power Generating Units, Systems and Storage Systems as well as their components on the Grid

TG 8
Current edition: 9. ed.
Date/review: 01.02.2019
Available languages: german, english

Notes:

FGW-Stellungnahme des Fachausschusses für Elektrische Eigenschaften

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link to forms for certifier

 

Chronicle:

Editions:
0
(30.04.2009), 1 (01.10.2009), 2 (18.12.2009) 3 (22.03.2010), 4 (15.10.2010),
5 (01.07.2011), 6 (01.05.2013) 7 (01.03.2016), 8 (01.12.2016), 9 (01.02.2019)

TG 9 - Determination of High Frequency Emissions from Renewable Power Generating Units

TG 9
Current edition: 1. ed.
Date/review: 18.04.2016
Available languages: german, english

Notes: none
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Chronicle:

Editions: 0 (01.04.2014), 1 (18.04.2016)

TG 10 - Determination of Site Quality after Commissioning

TG 10
Current edition: 2. ed.
Date/review: 31.03.2021
Available languages: german, english 

Notes: none
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Chronicle:

Editions: 0 (12.01.2018), 1 (16.10.2020), 2 (31.03.2021)