Month: April 2019

  • How much does it cost a wind turbine?

    The easy answer to this question is “Today it costs less then yesterday. And probably tomorrow it will cost less than today”. Today (April 2019) the average price is around 700.000€ per MW – that is, expect to pay around 3 ML€ for a 4 MW wind turbine. That’s a huge reduction when you consider…

  • Wood towers for wind turbines

    I always believed that wood towers for wind turbines were a solution possible only in small, domestic WTGs (somewhere around 10 kW to maybe maximum 100 kW). There are several example available, for instance this product of InnoVentum. Well, I was wrong: I see that some years ago (2012) a Vensys 77 1,5 MW turbine…

  • Wind farm project management: PRICE2 vs PMP

    In another post I have discussed my experience with the PMP certification and its (somehow weak) relationship with wind farm project management. In a nutshell, several processes and concepts are not directly applicable given the peculiarity of our industry. Said that, I believe that the PMP has a value, because it explain in detail a lot of…

  • Concrete tower assembly in Chile

      An interesting video on the use of concrete towers in Chile. Among the benefits of this solution the creation of local jobs (several hundred for factory) and the increase of local content (the amount of goods and services provided locally, an important parameter in some tenders). Concrete towers are especially cost effective when the…