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Transcript of Wind project site evaluations and their impact on development and longer-term asset management
Wind Project Site Evaluations
and Their Impact on
Development and Longer-term
Asset Management
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Before We Start
This webinar will be available at
www.windpowerengineering.com & email
Q&A at the end of the presentation
Hashtag for this webinar: #WindWebinar
Moderator Presenters
Nic Abraham Windpower Engineering
& Development
Rick MillerEDF Renewable Energy
Blaine SundwallEDF Renewable Energy
Site evaluation and the impact on the
Development and long-term Asset
Management of Wind Projects
EDF RENEWABLE ENERGY
Employees (N America) 976
Installed Capacity 2871 MW
Commissioned in 2013 813 MW
Under Construction 1650 MW
O&M Portfolio 8095 MW
>2.6 MM Solar Panels
Years in Business 26
Headquarters San Diego, CA
Employees (Worldwide) 160,000
Installed Capacity 140 GW
Installed Renewables 5.02 GW
Sales €75bn ($US103.5bn)
EBITDA €16bn ($US22.08bn)
S&P A+
Worldwide Customers 39.3 MM
Headquarters Paris, France
EDF Group Global Figures*
*(as of Dec. 31 2013)
EDF Renewable Energy has more than 25 years of expertise in the renewable industry, and a portfolio of over 5.9 gigawatts of developed projects and 2.8 gigawatts of installed capacity. We specialize in wind and solar photovoltaic
with presence in other segments of the renewable energy space.
EDF Renewable Energy NA*
*(as of June 30 2014)
Project Development
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Each piece must be in
place at the right time for a
project to become a reality
Wind
Transmission
Land Utility
Current Wind Development Practices:
• Pre and post construction avian/bat monitoring
• Seasonal constraints for nesting birds
• No guy wires on met towers
• Reduce siting on ridge tops and migration corridors
• Compensation for loss of foraging habitat and streamcrossings
• Adaptive Management or Advanced Conservation Practices
Siting Process in a nutshell
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Avoid impacts:
Viewshed from population areas
Known environmental constraints
Cultural sites
Radar, microwave beam paths
Sensitive species
Where you cannot avoid, Minimize impacts:
Use existing corridors of disturbance
Evaluate project alternatives
Finally, Mitigate impacts of significance:
Conservation agreements
ABPP or BBCS
Compensatory mitigation
Adaptive management or ACP’s
Typical wind project layout constraints map with wildlife buffers and “buildable lands.”
Asset Management The art of managing Challenges and Responses
• All of the above mentioned areas of site selection impact
the facility after COD. Each Challenge must be met with
an appropriate Response.
• Today’s challenges will remain for the life of the project.
Additionally we can be certain all projects will receive
new challenges through their lifespan.
Wind Speed- Challenge
• The item that first comes to mind when discussing site
selection is wind speed. Generally the higher the wind
speed, the better. The downside to robust wind speed is it
attracts other facilities which causes;o Curtailment
o Upwind resource impingement
o Competition for staff
• Additionally equipment wears out faster in more energetic
wind regimes
Wind Speed - Response
• Curtailment o Must be properly modeled in Pro-forma
o Must have physical capability (SCADA)
• Upwind developmento Modeled properly
o Manage expectations
• Staff Competitiono Good work environment (safe)
o Proper compensation
• Equipment lifeo OEM Site evaluation
Market - Challenge
• Expected life of a plant is
20 years.o No US market has remained
unchanged in the last 20 years.
o Each region has it’s own rules for
outage management, curtailment,
operations, transmission, etc.
Market - Response
• Market Knowledge
• Centralized control room
with aggressive training
and retraining program
• Trading groupOperation Control Center
Environmental (Critters) - Challenge
• Each facility has
environmental concernso Avian and bat
o Endangered and Special Status
species
o Grazing management
o Maintenance of compliance binders
o Post construction monitoring
o Documentation of USFWS
Guidelines
Environmental - Response
• Projects developed with the concept of proper stewardship
for the world around us.
• Continually updated Best Practices.
• Engagement with regulatory agencies.
• Investment in studies and mitigation measures.
• Management’s commitment.
• Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy – Adaptive Management
Miscellaneous - Challenge
• Icing, hot weather, etco All have unique impacts on day to
day operations.
o Icing reduces or eliminates
generation, it’s also a personnel
risk.
• Landownerso And their livestock!
Miscellaneous - Response
• Icing and other weather events must be put in pro-forma.o Special precautions like tornado
shelters must be considered.
• Land owner management requires solid, fair contracts plus constant communications.
Conclusion
• Siting begins with the end in mind. No facility gets to
relocate, so it’s vital that the development team and the
asset management team collaborate in order to set the
project up for success in the long run.
• Questions?
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Questions?
Nic Abraham Windpower Engineering & [email protected]
Twitter: @WPE_Nic
Rick MillerEDF Renewable Energy [email protected]
Phone: 858.521.3300
Blaine SundwallEDF Renewable Energy [email protected]
Phone: 858.521.3300
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