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ARESCA announces intent to publish national adoptions of wind energy industry standards

Posted on 4 Nov, 2025 By in Category General

The American Renewable Energy Standards and Certification Association (ARESCA) is notifying all directly and materially affected parties wishing to receive more information or to submit comments regarding the adoption of the following IEC TC 88 standards as American National Standards (ANS):
1) ARESCA 61400-4-1-202x, Wind energy generation systems – Part 4-1: Reliability assessment of drivetrain components in wind turbines (identical national adoption of IEC 61400-4-1 ED1:202x)
2) ARESCA 61400-24-202x, Wind energy generation systems – Part 24: Lightning protection (identical national adoption of IEC 61400-24 ED3:202x)
3) ARESCA 61400-25-2-202x, Wind energy generation systems – Part 25-2: Communications for monitoring and control of wind power plants – Information models (identical national adoption of IEC 61400-25-2 ED3:202x)
4) ARESCA 61400-27-3-202x, Wind energy generation systems – Part 27-3: Structure and validation procedure of frequency domain models for harmonic propagation studies (identical national adoption of IEC 61400-27-3 ED1:202x)
5) ARESCA 61400-27-4-202x, Wind energy generation systems – Part 27-4: Structure and validation procedure of Electromagnetic Transients (EMT) models (identical national adoption of IEC 61400-27-4 ED1:202x)
6) ARESCA 61400-28-2-202x, Wind energy generation systems – Part 28-2: Decommissioning and preparation for recycling (identical national adoption of IEC 61400-28-2 ED1:202x)
7) ARESCA 61400-50-5-202x, Wind energy generation systems – Part 50-5: Use of scanning doppler lidars for wind measurements (identical national adoption of IEC 61400-50-5 ED1:202x)
If you wish to receive more information or to submit comments, please express your interest by December 3, 2025, to George Kelly, the ARESCA Secretary via email (secretary@aresca.us).