Nordex Group Joins Global Wind Organisation

The Global Wind Organisation (GWO) has announced that the Nordex Group has become its 17th member company. As a new member, the Nordex Group commits to using GWO standards where appropriate for its employees and contractors.

By doing so, the companies behind GWO have created a globally recognised standard of training, helping almost 80,000 people to work safely in a wind turbine environment.

David Goodfellow, Head of Quality, Health Safety &Environment for Northern Europe at the Nordex Group explained: “The decision to join GWO complements Nordex’s existing global safety management system. In addition to our own proprietary training requirements, we already expect many of our people to have similar if not identical credentials to GWO.”

“In addition, an increasing number of our customers in the utility sector want their main contractors and employees to work according to a recognised level of safety and technical competence. GWO standards and the transparency of the WINDA database in which workers’ certificates can be viewed online will help us meet this important customer need.”

The Nordex Group will now contribute directly to the development of GWO standards moving forward.