Land usage reviews
- Gap Analysis of each Land Lease Agreements
- Technical Review Land Lease Agreement
- Analysis of Compliance with Lease Requirements
- Check requirements for eventual extensions
- Issues with local communities review
- Temporary Works Requirements
- Investigation of existing legal claims
- Services interferences detailed review
- Land Lease-Related Risks and Opportunities
Forte Value: Our process combines detailed desk study and on-site review to ensure accuracy and completeness of the assessment.
Permits, Licenses compliance
- Building Permit Condition Discharge Review
- Feasibility of remaining condition compliance
- Environmental Permit Condition Discharge Review
- Operational restrictions assessment
- Review of received licenses e.g. grid
- Remaining Aggregated Limitations assessment
- Detailed CAPEX/OPEX implications assessment
- Benchmarking versus international best practice
Construction Quality Management Reviews
- BOP Design Review reports checks
- Construction Quality Control reports review
- Non-compliance reports Review
- As-Built Documentation Spot Checks
- Designers/OE Quality Control reporting review
- Designers Statement of Compliance review
- Owners Engineer Statement of Compliance review
- Handover documents and Certificates Review
- Schedule for clearance of final Punch List items
Forte Value: Quality needs to be carefully managed through the pre-construction phase (quality assurance documents) through to construction (quality control). Forte carefully reviews project quality documents to benchmark them against best in class procedures and ensure that quality planning is in line with best practice.
Construction Warranties Review
- Interfaces Matrix review
- BOP Design Warranty Conditions Review
- BOP Works Warranty Conditions Review
- TSA Warranty Conditions Review
- WTG Service Warranty Conditions Review
- Warranty Expiration Dates Check
- Benchmarking versus international best practice
Forte Value: Ensuring construction works issues have minimal impact on operation requires robust warranties in the construction projects. Our design, construction and asset management personnel will ensure your project warranties are in accordance with or exceed market standard.
Grid Connection Review
- Grid Connection Agreement Review
- Grid Connection License Review
- O&M reports/Grid interruptions review
- Analyze Registers of Instabilities
- Grid Operator´s Reports Review
Forte Value: Our team of grid connection experts have extensive experience in working with and for grid utilities and an in-depth understanding of the permitting and connection process, requirements, and risks.
Operational Site Audit
- O&M and SCADA reports reviews
- WTG Structure Inspections
- WTG Main Internal Components Inspections
- WTG Blades Inspections
- CBOP inspections (Drainage, Roads, Platforms)
- EBOP inspections (Cabling, Substations, Export Line)
- Solar PV Modules (Hot Spots, Cracking)
- Solar PV DC/AC, Inverters & Tracking systems
Forte Value: Our expert team have the full-cycle knowledge of .wind and solar projects to undertake risk assessments of proposed plans in project documents versus actual site conditions..
Performance Analysis
- EPR and System Modelling Review
- Meteo Tower & Data Certificates Review
- Availability Analysis, SCADA Reports Review
- Energy Yield (day, month, year) Verification
- Energy Meters Readings review
- Active and Relative Power Assessment
- PV System Losses (Soiling, Degradation, Mismatch,
- WF Losses Review (Electrical, Mechanical, Other)
- Risks, opportunities, and mitigations identification
Forte Value: In order to optimise project revenues performance of the operating assets need to be carefully monitored and managed. We have the know-how to analyse the performance of operating assets to ensure that existing risks and underperformance are fully accounted for in any renewable asset acquisition.
Technical and Commercial Management Review
- Condition monitoring and response strategy review
- Maintenance and Inspections strategy/schedule review
- Repairs and ‘open’ defects review
- Technical and Commercial Reports review
- Operational data and Logbook review
- Yield, Availability and Event statistics review
- Wind Data and Power Curve calculation checks
- Substation operating condition review
- Financial Statement review
- HSE Compliance assessment
Forte Value: It is essential that any operating asset has robust systems and procedures in place to manage the day-to-day activity on the project during its asset management phase. We analyse the management of the asset and benchmark it against market standards for scope and cost.
Project Costs & Financial Model
- Financial model assumptions review
- Service Agreements Fees Review
- TCM Agreements Fees Review
- Grid Connection Fees Review
- Review of forecast versus actual CAPEX
- Review of forecast versus actual OPEX (to date)
- Review of forecast versus actual OPEX (to date)
- Identify key risks, opportunities, and mitigations
Forte Value: Our local market knowledge, value engineering principles, and strong commercial experience provide our clients with robust analysis on all CAPEX and OPEX reviews and formulation.
Track Record
Case Studies
Glogow WF (TDD-A) - Poland
| Location | Żukowice district, South-East Poland | |
| Developer | EDP Renewables | |
Technology | Supplier TBC – 5 WTG – 24 MW | |
EBOP/Grid | 110/30kV WF Sub – HV Line- DSO 110kV Substation | |
Status | Permit application in 2022 (to be confirmed) | |
Services
| Development Review | Zoning Plans, Land lease Agreements, Environmental Impact | |
| Technical Analysis and Feasibility |
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| Financial Feasibility | CAPEX cost estimates for proposed | |
Piotrków Kujawski WF (TDD-B) - Poland
| Location | Kujawy – Pomerania voivodship, Northern Poland | |
| Developer | ERG | |
| Technology | Nordex– 7*N117 (x3.5MW) H120 – 25 MW | |
EBOP/Grid | 110/30kV WF Sub – 150m HV line – DSO 110kV Sub | |
| Status | FID Achieved in November 2020, COD in May 2022 | |
Services
| Development Review | Building Permits Environment Decisions Zoning Cadastral Check | |
| Technical Analysis and Feasibility | Grid Connection Agreement Review | |
| Financial Feasibility | Capex Evaluation | |
Shantavny WF (TDD-C) - N. Ireland
| Location | Garvaghy, Co. Tyrone | |
| Developer | Brookfield Renewable | |
| WTG Details | 7 x Enercon E70 | |
| Capacity / COD | 14 MW | |
| Status | COD Achieved in 2017 | |
Services
| Design Review CAT III (FDN) | |
| Construction Checks | |
| Due Diligence Reporting | |
| Executed Construction QA |
BVDR WFs (TDD-D) - The Netherlands
| Location | Noord Holland, The Netherlands | |
| Developer | Eurus Energy Europe | |
| WTG Details | 13 x Vestas V90 2.0, 2 x Enercon E70 | |
| Capacity / COD | 33 MW | |
| Status | COD Achieved in 2017 | |
Services
Evaluation of foundation issues in operational Wind Turbines | ||
| As-built documentation/operational documents review | ||
| Determining severity of damages in order to make warranty claim | ||
| Asset management measures identification | ||
