Onshore Wind Farm Repowering
Eighty-six turbines repowered with new nacelles, blades and controls, finished weeks ahead of the tax credit deadline.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Midwest & Mountain
- Market
- Power & Renewables
- Capital value
- $390M
- Size
- 86 turbines · 300 MW
- Delivery
- EPC
- Duration
- 18 months
- Completed
- 2024
What was at stake.
The tax credit deadline was fixed in law. Crane moves, blade deliveries and wind conditions controlled the pace. The EPC schedule showed one crane path with no allowance for wind days.
How we controlled it.
What our schedulers and cost engineers did on this project.
Crane path planned
Crane moves between turbines were scheduled as real work, with the shortest walking path chosen.
Wind days modeled
Historical wind data set the number of lift days per month, so the plan matched the site.
Deliveries tracked
Every blade and nacelle shipment was tracked against the turbine it served.
Earned value
Turbine-by-turbine earned value showed the owner real progress against the deadline.
The result.
The deadline was in the tax code. The wind was in the weather records. We put both in the schedule.
Energy scheduler, EvrardBanes
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