WinDForce Management ServicesEnabling High Efficiency and Reliable Wind Power Projects
WinDForce Management ServicesEnabling High Efficiency and Reliable Wind Power Projects
WinDForce Management Services Private Limited
is a company dedicated to providing quality
engineering and management services to wind
power projects with a goal to enhance their
efficiency and reliability thereby ensuring high
returns to the investors. With its wide range of
services, WinDForce creates value across the entire
delivery chain for different players such as
Independent Power Producers,
International Technology Players, Government
Entities and Lenders in wind farm development and
operations.
WinDForce was founded by Jami Hossain in
association with Emergent Ventures India (EVI) as a
Joint Venture entirely focused on providing services
to all stake holders in a windfarm development.
Jami Hossain is an acknowledged expert in the field
of wind energy.
The Company
Leveraging Experience
WinDForce has extensive experience and deep
insights on wind technologies and windfarm project
implementation. The Core team of the organization
are professionals who have 25 years and more of
hands on experience in the wind industry and have
been associated with wind energy development in
India from its very inception. The WinDForce team
has a cumulative experience pool of more than 100
man years in wind energy sector and a track record
of association with nearly 1000 MW of wind power
development.
Professional Management
The company combines technical strengths, science
and engineering practice with professional
management capabilities to offer services in
accordance with the industry best practices, thereby
maximizing the benefits for the client. WinDForce offers
services in the entire gamut of activities involved in
wind power project development, which includes
among others the following:
?Assistance in evaluating different technology and
site options
?Wind Resource Assessment for new sites and
Revalidation of existing ones
?Review of the contracts from the view point of
minimizing and mitigating the risks
?Working as Owner’s Engineer in the implementation
phase of the project to ensure qual i ty
implementation and adherence to best engineering
practices in implementing the
project.
?Acting as Owner’s engineer in
t h e O p e r a t i o n a n d
Maintenance of the windfarm.
This includes planning of
ma in tenance to avo id
generation loss, predictive
and preventive maintenance,
supervision and monitoring
o f o p e r a t i o n a n d
maintenance.
?Technical Due Diligence of
existing wind farms, covering
the wind turbine technology , wind resource at the
site, performance of the wind farm etc.
Wind Resource Assessment
Windforce offers services to assess the wind resource
at new individual sites, at regional macro level and also
for existing windfarms. In carrying out these
assessments WinDForce not only uses established
packages and models such as WASP but also its in
house analytical tools. The assessment is further
backed by quantitative and qualitative judgements by
highly experienced professionals, which enables
WinDForce to apply corrections to computations in
order to come up with realistic estimates. It is a known
fact world-wide that innumerable windfarm projects are
operating much below the projected levels of
performance. WinDForce is well aware that just
theoretical modelling of windfarm site conditions is not
adequate to come up with realistic estimates.
WinDForce combines its technical and analytical
strengths with experience to provide the client with
estimates that will hold over the project lifetime.
WinDForce Management ServicesEnabling High Efficiency and Reliable Wind Power Projects
Assessing Wind Resource
Regional Studies
During the year 2009-2010, WinDForce carried out Wind
Resource Assessment of more than a 1500 MW of
existing and proposed windfarm projects world-wide.
This also included assignments where WinDForce was
called upon by clients to carry out critical review of the
Wind Resource Assessment Reports prepared by
leading international wind resource consulting firms to
determine the reliability of the initial estimates and look
into applying possible corrections to arrive at a more
realistic estimate.
WinDForce uses in house models to assess wind
resource typically over areas of 2500 to 10000 Sq. Km.
on a resolution of about 1 sq km.
?Wind Resource Assessment for a site identified for a
windfarm project
?Wind Resource revalidation using data from nearby
wind masts and generation from nearby wind masts
Windfarm Projects
?Site Identification for setting up wind measurement
masts as well as for windfarm development
?Site Optimization including sensitivity analysis with
different wind turbines and optimized micrositing
?Assessment of optimal windfarm capacity at a given
site
?Wind Speed Measurements
At WinDForce, a wind resource &
technical assessment is not limited to
calculations and modelling but is backed
by quant i ta t ive and qual i ta t ive
judgements by highly experienced professionals who
have worked on wind projects year after year at
innumerable sites. Only such an insight which is
possible through a vast experience can enable a
complete understanding of the technical issues
associated with any given site. WinDForce with the
large experience pool of it’s team member can
critically review the computations and apply relevent
corrections to arrive at a more realistic assesment.
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“?Wind Resource Assessment in
Complex Terrain
?Wind Resource Revalidation for
existing windfarms
?Long-term trend analysis for assessment of the
windfarm output in its project lifetime
?Uncertainty Analysis and assessment of expected
Annual Energy Production (AEP) for 50%, 75%
and 90% probabilities of Exceedance (i.e., P50,
P75, P90).
WinDForce Management ServicesEnabling High Efficiency and Reliable Wind Power Projects
Technology Evaluation
Technical DD
Windforce undertakes a thorough assessment and
evaluation of wind turbine technologies involving
ranking of different systems and sub-systems for
quantitative and qualitative aspects.
Providing Technical Due-Diligence services to
investors and clients has been one of the major
activities at Windforce. These Due Diligence services
carried out over 2009-2010 are of the following types.
Wind Turbine Technology
Wind Energy Businesses
World-wide new wind turbine manufacturing facilities
are being set up, more so in China and India. Often
these are new technologies or new designs.
WinDForce has been undertaking evaluation of these
new technologies and comparing and benchmarking
them with established and known technologies. In this,
a ranking system developed internally is used to
compare various systems and sub-systems to arrive at
a total score for quantitative and qualitative
assessments.
WinDForce has also undertaken due diligence of wind
energy businesses. Diverse assignments have been
taken up some involving businesses involved in
manufacturing of wind turbines and some in wind
power development. In all these assignments apart
from analysing the policy and market environment
relevant to the business, WinDForce also carries out an
in depth analysis of the organizations, the people
involved, their competencies and strengths, the key
verticals and the processes being followed. In addition,
the vendors in the supply chain and the quality
assurance processes are also examined. All the
physical assets and infrastructure as well as
organizations future plans and its service track record
are analysed before making final recommendations.
WinDForce Management ServicesEnabling High Efficiency and Reliable Wind Power Projects
Due Diligence of Windfarm Assets
WinDForce also gets into the due-diligence of an
existing windfarm asset. The future life of the project is
estimated on the basis of the operational track record,
major maintenance and the physical verification of the
health of wind turbines. The exercise involves a very fine
analysis on forecasting Annual Energy Production of the
windfarm in future years based on a Wind Resource
Assessment exercise and longterm records of up to 60
years, which are used to assess the performance of the
windfarm in its project lifetime.
Owner’s Engineer
In the period 2008-2010, WinDForce established itself
as a leading consulting firm in the role of Owner’s
Engineer. In this role WinDForce successfully
completed 38 MW of windfarm capacity and more than
100 MW of capacity is under execution. As Owner’s
Engineer, WinDForce carries out the following:
?A review of the contracts to be signed between the
client and the contractor(s) and subcontractor(s)
?Review of Contractor(s) implementation plan
?Preparation of a highly detai led project
implementation schedule in coordination with the
client and the contractor(s) and sub-contractor(s)
?24X7 Supervision of all project implementation
activities by WinDForce professionals to ensure
adherence to the quality plan & best engineering
practices
?Verification of equipment and materials at points
d e s p a t c h a n d
delivery
?Maintaining detailed
records of materials,
tests and activities for
each wind turbine. In
this role WinDForce
acts as eyes and ears
of the client and there
i s g r e a t v a l u e
a d d i t i o n t o t h e
project in terms of the
quality of engineering in the works involved and
timely completion of the project.
Any damaged component at the site such as this
blade is reported immediately to the client and
corrective action is taken
As Owner’s Engineer, WinDForce undertakes
supervision and monitoring of all activities involved in
implementation of the project
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Operation and Maintenance
WinDForce offers its services in the area of Operation
and Maintenance of windfarms either as one time
diagnostic study or in the form of an ongoing
association as managers and owner’s engineers in the
operation and maintenance activities.
Diagnostic Studies - O&M
WinDForce undertakes diagnostic studies of
windfarms in order to improve its operational
performance. This involves a thorough review of the
O&M practice, organization engaged for O&M, tools,
equipment, infrastructure, logistics and stock of spare
parts. Operational data is analysed to ascertain the
mean time required to repair and response time to
faults and failures. This detailed analysis is then
examined in the light of daily and monthly wind
patterns at the site to come up with strategies for
planned maintenance.
The study enables that development of a meaningful
strategy for the operation and maintenance of the
windfarm, which if implemented, would result in
significant enhancement in the performance of the
windfarm.
Owner’s Engineer O&M
Organizing Power Offtake
WinDForce also acts as Owner’s Engineer for windfarm
Owner’s. In this capacity, WinDForce deputes its
engineers to the project to monitor Operation and
Maintenance on a 24X7 basis and track failure and
response to failure. In addition, windforce experts work
closely with the O&M team to improve the O&M
practice and its quality and to introduce best industry
practice in areas of predictive and preventive
maintenance and condition monitoring of wind
turbines. WinDForce also provides a long term and
short term forecasting depending upon available wind
data to facilitate operation & maintenance as well as
scheduling of generated power.
WinDForce realizes that fine technology and
assessments alone do not make a viable windfarm
project. At the end of the day, the client is looking
forward to a project that fetches adequate returns to
equity investors. While one of the ways to achieve high
performance projects is sound techno-commercial
decision with regard to proposed sites and the
technology involved, often in order to achieve the
expected returns one has to go beyond this aspect and
this is where WinDForce comes in with innovative
power off-take options and structures that are
acceptable to the lenders and at the same time result in
enhanced returns to the project.
WinDForce has been undertaking evaluation of
new technologies, their systems and sub-
systems..the vendors in the supply chain and the
quality assurance processes are also examined
WinDForce Management ServicesEnabling High Efficiency and Reliable Wind Power Projects
WinDForce Value Proposition
WinDForce offers the following value proposition to
different players in the industry.
Independent Power Producers
?Site Identification – Has expertise and experience in
identifying high potential sites for wind farm
development. WinDForce has analysed sites in
different climatic zones regions and has identified
many high potential sites in different states like Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
?Sale of Power – WinDForce gives maximum benefit to
power producers by arranging group captive, third
party or merchant PPA where high tariff can be
realised.
?As Owners Engineer, WinDforce supervises and
monitors the project during development and ensures
the project is completed within the time and cost
estimates by maintaining high quality standards.
?WinDForce prepares bankable DPR and assists
clients in obtaining debt financing.
?WinDForce brings in innovative project and financial
structuring to improve the project economics.
Wind Power Investors
International Technology Players
?WinDForce provides independent third party wind
resource assessment of the project.
?For investors acquiring operational assets,
WinDForce does thorough due diligence of the wind
farm.
?WinDForce assists developers with alternative power
off take opportunities.
?WinDForce with its indepth knowledge of wind
industry can provide the appropriate market entry
strategy for the international players.
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• Wind resource assessment is essential for banks and other lending institutions to fund wind
projects. WinDForce acts as lenders engineer and provides independent Wind Resource
Assessment (WRA) as well as validation of existing WRA.
?For acquisition of operational assets WinDForce does complete technical due diligence of
the wind farm for lenders.
Lenders
With increasing awareness towards climate change issues more and more countries are
exploring wind power as one of the energy options. For government agencies looking to
promote and develop wind power, WinDForce offers advisory services in identification of
regions with high wind potential, Wind Resource Assessment etc.
Government
To know more about
WinDForce Management Services (Pvt) Ltd.
Please contact:
AGM (Marketing)
Windforce Management Services Private Limitedth5 Floor, Universal Trade Tower,
Sohna -Gurgaon Road, Sector - 49,
Gurgaon - 122001 (Haryana), India
Email: [email protected]
Tel:+91-124-4353100
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