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 - retired). Mr. Beurskens was elected at the 10th Steering Committee meeting, in November 2010.
The Secretary of Working Group 2 is Mr. P. H. Jensen (DTU Wind).
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 |
Beurkens | Jos | ECN |
Bluemink | Johannes | VTT |
de la Torre | Antonio | Gamesa |
Eriksson | Christer | Det Norske Veritas |
Fidigatti | Antonio | ABB |
Grammont | Olivier | Fairwind |
Helsen | Jan | OWI Lab |
Ivanell | Stephan | Uppsala University |
Jamieson | Peter | Strathclyde University |
Johansen | Sebastian | Fortum |
Knudsen | Sven | Vestas |
Martin | Oldenburg University | |
Lammens | Stefan | SKF |
Lauritsen | Per | Siemens Wind Power |
Lekou | Denja | CRES |
Ng | Chong | NAREC |
Peeters | Joris | ZF Wind Power |
Jordi | Alstom | |
Rasmussen | Flemming | DTU |
Rettenmeier | Andreas | Windfors Stuttgart |
Sanchez | Felipe | ENEL Green Power |
Schuon | Frieder | IREC |
Sonajalg | Oleg | Eleon |
Valpy | Bruce | BVG Associates |
van Wingerden | Arno | FhG-IWES |
Westphal | Tim | WMC |
Zasso | Alberto | Politecnico di Milano |