This Working Group focuses on aspects enabling costs reductions on the wind-turbine side (onshore and offshore). Key areas in this thematic may include: Materials, Drive-trains, Blades, O&M and Wind turbine design and efficiency increase.

A Working Group is composed of a small number of high-level persons willing to participate to the work of the Technology Platform. Working Groups members are selected from a call of expression of interest launched by the Secretariat. Selection is performed by the Steering Committee based on objective criteria.
The Chairperson of Working Group 2 is Mr. J. Beurskens (ECN). Mr. Beurskens was elected at the 10th Steering Committee meeting, in November 2010.
The Secretary of Working Group 2 is Mr. P. H. Jensen (Risoe/DTU).
Members of the group were selected through a Call for Expression of Interest, launched by the Secretariat of the Technology Platform. The call closed on 1 October 2010.
Family Name | First Name | Organisation |
Aabo | Christina | Dong Energy |
Adolphs | Georg | Owens Corning |
Chamochin | Raquel | Iberdrola |
Dalhoff | Peter Hermann | Hamburg University |
De Broe | Alex | 3E |
Declercq | Jan | CG Holdings |
Dornier | Remi | Dassault |
Eecen | Peter | ECN |
Eriksson | Christer | Det Norske Veritas |
Giebhardt | Jochen | IWES |
Grammont | Olivier | Fairwind |
Hendriks | Ben | Garrad Hassan |
Hoedemaekers | Koen | Hansen Transmissions International |
Johansen | Sebastian | Fortum |
Kroll | Gerd | REpower |
Kühn | Martin | ForWind - Centre for Wind Energy Research |
Lekou | Denja | CRES |
McKeever | Paul | NAREC |
Munduate-Etxarri | Xabier | CENER |
Nies | Jaco | GE Wind Energy |
Puigcorbé | Jordi | Alstom |
Rasmussen | Flemming | Risoe/DTU |
Sanchez Cid | Felipe | ENEL Green Power |
Schuon | Frieder | IREC |
Sørensen | John Dalsgaard | Aalborg University |
van Delft | Don R.V. | Knowledge Centre WMC |
van Wingerden | Jan-Willem | Delft University |
Villanueva-Monzon | Mauro | Gamesa |
Wedel-Heinen | Jens Jakob | Vestas |
Wiisbye | Anders | Siemens Wind Power |
Zasso | Alberto | Politecnico di Milano |