Ville Lehtomäki

Biography

Mr. Lehtomäki has been part of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd in Wind Power team since 2009.

He has a Master’s degree on mechanical engineering on product development from Helsinki University of Technology. Currently as Senior Scientist, his everyday work focuses on coordinating and developing new projects and technology innovations mainly in the field of cold climate wind power.

He specializes in icing effects on blades, iced wind turbine dynamics, ice detection and pre-construction icing loss assessments. He is the Operating Agent of International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Task 19 “Wind Energy In Cold Climates”. He is the coordinator of cold climate sub-committee in the revision of IEC 61400-1 ed3->ed4 “Design requirements for wind turbines” standard.

He is also working with IEC 61400-15 ed1 “Energy yield assessment” standard regarding cold climate effects. He is on a mission to unlock the potentials of cold climate to the wind industry.