Articles from our wind experts
Wind farm: top 5 technical risks
Greensolver is often asked which technical risks are most likely to affect a wind farm’s profitability - risks that should be carefully considered and anticipated in order to minimise project downtime. As part of the risk analysis required by the ISO 55001 Asset...
Greensolver & PLY Energy merge to enhance European wind and solar asset management
Strategic agreement sees Greensolver and PLY Energy collaborate to deliver enhanced European asset management services to financiers and investors. Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has announced that it is merging with Dutch based...
Evaluating Maintenance Performance
The profitability of wind farms is often compromised by turbine failure and downtime. Despite the wide variety of preventative maintenance programs which are often implemented across these farms, failures can still occur. Seeking to help investors minimize the...
Stay connected – Electrical protection strategies for onshore wind
Wind farms that are connected to the distribution grid (15 – 20kV) are equipped with electrical protection systems, which allow wind farms to disconnect themselves in the event of a malfunction. This provides protection to both the wind farm and the grid. There are...
Wind Farm Security: how to protect your wind energy assets?
Across Europe, wind turbine looting has become an extremely profitable activity, and, unfortunately, an increasingly popular one. Site security is therefore a growing issue and asset owners need to start carefully considering their anti-theft measures. Between 2012...
In the series “Things to look at when buying or selling a 5-year wind farm or older in France…”
Episode 2: cable maps French wind farms are subject to many legal obligations. One of them is the production of a comprehensive documentation on the various equipment constituting these wind farms. However crucial documents such as cable maps can sometimes be...
Elicio appoints Greensolver for turbine due diligence
Agreement sees Greensolver advise on 18 MW project using latest Gamesa G97 turbines Paris, 2nd September 2015 - Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has been selected by Belgian renewable energy generator Elicio to provide a technical due...
Due Diligence: tip on French assets
The CODOA (Contrat Ouvrant Droit à l’Obligation d’Achat) is an administrative document issued by local prefectures in France. It allows the recipient to sign a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with EDF at a fixed feed-in tariff (FiT), over a 15-year period. The document...
Improving financial model assumptions
When building a financing business plan for a wind asset, investors usually have to assume – for lack of data – the guaranteed turbine availability signed with maintenance providers. This is between 95% to 97% and decreasing over time as the maintenance provider...
Wind & Solar farms: Negotiate better conditions for your O&M contracts
Many O&M contracts signed during the 2009-2010 period are reaching their exit door window. With a more competitive market and new pure players dedicated to maintenance, it is now possible to negotiate better conditions for your O&M contracts. Greensolver...