by Stephen Mills | Feb 5, 2019 | Blogs
This year I will hit the dubious landmark of 25 years in the wind industry. Right from the very start I have been involved in creating software that managed and analysed data. My first job back in 1993 was automating batches of Fortran code as part of the lifetime...
by Stephen Mills | Jan 3, 2019 | Blogs
As we head into 2019, we continue to ponder one of our obsessions: How do wind farm owners know that they are getting the best value from their assets? Asset management strategies lie somewhere between doing it all in-house, and subcontracting everything. Whoever is...
by Stephen Mills | Apr 29, 2018 | Blogs
When speaking to our clients we are consistently reminded that one of the most common challenges faced by wind farm portfolio owners is that of asset diversity. Diversity can take many forms within a portfolio – asset age, wind farm size, technology, service...
by Stephen Mills | Feb 9, 2018 | Blogs
When it comes to technology for achieving better wind farm performance, a quote from the Norwegian political scientist Christian Lous Lange provides some sage guidance: “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master”. I am a firm believer in the positive role...
by Stephen Mills | Jan 13, 2017 | Blogs
Measuring the economic impact of offshore wind projects is often fraught with difficulties. Assessments generated by industry “insiders” tend to be unrealistically high and met with cynicism, especially if they are impossible for a non-economists to comprehend. If the...
by Stephen Mills | Sep 28, 2016 | Blogs
In 2014, the UK government announced that developers of renewable energy projects with a capacity of than 300MW would need to submit a ‘satisfactory’ supply chain plan to be eligible to bid for a Contract for Difference. The initiative was widely interpreted as a way...
