Focus on Small Wind Power: UAS Technikum Wien Contributes Expertise to International IEA Wind Task 41

The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien is actively involved in the international IEA Wind Task 41, which focuses on the further development of small and decentralized wind turbines as part of future energy systems. The published annual report of the NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) summarizes the current research priorities and results of the international network, in which experts from ten countries are involved.

Among other things, the focus was on contributions to the further development of international standards for small wind turbines, the integration of wind energy into hybrid energy systems, and the acceptance and site evaluation of decentralized wind power. The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien represents Austrian interests and contributes its scientific expertise, particularly in the area of social and technical framework conditions.

New findings at the international level in the field of acceptance of small wind turbines

“IEA Task 41 has been dealing with the topic of small wind power for several years. The University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien represents Austria’s interests in this task. This report in the NREL annual report also summarizes the activities of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien in the IEA Task. The university was able to share new findings at the international level in the field of acceptance of small wind turbines and site evaluation at the international level,” says Alexander Hirschl-Schmol, lecturer and researcher in the Renewable Energy Technologies competence field at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien.

IEA Wind Task 41 will run until 2026 and makes an important contribution to the international networking of research, industry, and politics in the field of decentralized wind energy.

Report on IEA Task 41 in the annual report

of the NREL, available for download here:

Link to a Paper on small wind turbines in residential areas: location, law, acceptance

(Authors: Alexander Hirschl-Schmol, Daniel Österreicher, Jana Berg, and Flora Bachleitner – all from UAS Technikum Wien)

Further Information:

IEA Wind Task 41

NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Competence field Renewable Energy Technologies

Faculty of Industrial Engineering

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