Month: May 2017

  • Acronyms in wind farms construction

    I’ve been informed by one of my most affectionate reader that some acronyms that I’m using in the blog are not immediately clear. Therefore I’ve started a first list of the most used ones – special thanks to Janos for helping expanding the list: AEP Annual energy production. BoP Balance of plant. All civil (roads,…

  • Chinese wind turbines – are they coming?

    Well, apparently the answer to this question is “not yet”. I’ve been through an interesting article from Bloomberg – the  images of this post are taken from the same source. As you can see, in addition to a new reshuffle in the top 3 (Vestas up again, together with GE), there is another important piece…

  • Wind site assessment

    The wind site assessment (or “wind and site” assessment) is one of the most important steps in the development of a wind farm. Basically is a in depth analysis of the site conditions of the area where a wind farm could be built. Purpose of this assessment is calculate energy production and suitability of a…

  • Land lease and site access: 5 usual mistakes

    You would be surprised to discover the amount of problems that are generated by missing, uncomplete or wrongly defined land lease and site access agreement. Land lease contracts must be negotiated by the project company (that is, the developer of the wind farm) with the landowners. It’s extremely rare to have the whole wind farm…

  • Split EPC contracts

    As you probably will be aware of if you are reading this blog, an EPC is a typology of contract where a company agree to develop the engineering, procurement and construction of a facility (in this blog, a wind farm) for a fixed, “lump sum” amount. The key advantage of this type of contract is…

  • More cranes CAD blocks (but you will have to pay)

    I’ve just been contacted by these guys who run a store selling CAD block for few euros: https://custom3d.com/collections/cranes/ They have several blocks that you could find useful, including some 3D Liebherr blocks. Enjoy!