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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).
Assessments are prepared against the background of the statutory
requirements, the Best Practice Guidelines of the British Wind Energy Association
and the Guidelines produced by Friends of the Earth.
ES's are carried
out in full consultation with planning authorities, conservation bodies, all statutory
consultees and selected non-statuatory consultees.
Our team has been
undertaking ES's since the early nineties, giving them industry leading experience.
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.
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.
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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.
Full list of development projects across the
group can be found in Develpment Track
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