Tag: epc

  • Wind Farms construction contracts

    Wind farms can generally be broken down into 2 separate areas of construction: Turbines: supply, installation and commissioning of wind turbines and towers Balance of Plant (BoP) works: everything else needed except the turbines (foundations, substations, cabling, etc.) Several option are available to the developers: The first option is that the wind farm Special Purpose…

  • What is this BoP?

    BoP is an English acronym that stands for Balance of Plants. In the wind farms sector, it means everything but the wind turbines. Basically there are 3 types of Wind Farm contracts commonly used: Supply only. It include WTGs, SCADA, Installation supervision and Commissioning. Supply and Installation, including all the items in Supply only plus…

  • San Anton – a Wind Farm from cradle to completion

    San Anton is a small wind farm (4 WTGs) located in Lillo, Toledo (Spain). I had the opportunity to follow this project from the beginning visiting the site very often. I collected several picture to show the main phases of a wind farm construction. First of all a met mast is installed, and wind data…