Wind

  • Expert advising
    • Owner’s engineer (protecting owner’s interests)
    • Independent verification/validation of subcontracted work
    • Review and monitoring of site progress and compliance
    • General technical advisory
    • Expert witness testimony (i.e. in arbitration and legal trials)
  • Project feasibility studies
    • Site selection
    • Re-powering of existing wind farms
  • Project development
    • Project management
    • Site measurements (mast & remote sensing (lidar/sodar))
    • Resource assessment and energy production (AEP) calculations (WAsP, WindPRO, WindSim CFD)
    • Impact analyses (visual, noise, shadow flicker)
    • Environmental impact analyses
    • 2D/3D photo & video-montages
    • Turbine layout optimization
    • Icing loss predictions and mitigation
    • Site suitability (extreme events, turbulence)
    • Turbine selection and performance analysis
    • Project planning & permissions
    • Power grid connection
    • Turbine and component acquisition
  • Project finance and management
    • Investment analyses
    • Asset management
    • Contract negotiation and procurement
    • Scheduling and budgeting creation
    • Market studies
    • Tax and incentive advising
  • Plant operation and maintenance (O&M)
    • Power performance testing & verification
    • Quality assurance inspections
    • SCADA analysis for condition monitoring and failure prediction
    • Decommissioning