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Environmental Assessment
Wind Prospect carries out the full range of environmental
studies required for the production of an Environmental Statement
(ES). Our team has been undertaking ES's since the early nineties,
giving them industry leading experience.
Wind Prospect is unique as it has in house engineering, public
relations, consultation, environmental management and visual
impact assessment capability and expertise. Other environmental
impact assessments eg. archaelogical or electromagnetic interference
are out souced to reputable sub-contractors.
Assessments are prepared against the background of the statutory
requirements and guidlines from international bodies. ES's
are carried out in full consultation with planning authorities,
conservation bodies, all statutory consultees and selected
non-statuatory consultees.
Apart from ES for wind farms proper, we also conduct ES for
export interconnectors. In addition, we have capacity to prepare
referrals to Environment Australia, under the Commonwealth
legislation: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999. Also, we prepare in house Environmental Management
Action Plans.
Wind Resources and Energy Yield
Profitable wind energy developments need the best possible
estimates of the wind speeds and the potential energy yield.
We have the experience and equipment required to undertake
wind measurements to predict wind speeds and energy yields,
and model wind regime using industry standard software.
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Design and Cost Estimation
Wind Prospect maintains an up to date database of all project
cost components, from turbines to trenches. The database is continually
updated and refined, using actual costs from completed projects
and quotations and estimates obtained for proposed sites. To date,
we have been involved in cost estimation of a total of more than
600MW of wind energy capacity.
Wind Prospect has particular expertise in minimising cost by
design, including tight definition of the scope of civil works
and negotiating with local electricity companies to secure minimum
cost electrical connection and optimum operational performance
(capacity, power factor etc.).
Financial Evaluation
Wind Prospect maintains a full project financial model, which
can generate all parameters required by both equity investors
and debt providers. It has wide sensitivity analysis capabilities,
covering wind resource, RPI, capital and operating costs, gearing
and debt term.
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