Wind Farm Procurement Plan
This is a practical guide to building a procurement plan for a wind farm project — what will be bought, how and from whom, adapted to the realities of developing an onshore or offshore wind farm.
What a Procurement Plan is
A procurement plan is what will be bought, how and from whom. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Procurement Management. On a wind farm project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Wind Farm project
Wind Farm projects live or die on developing an onshore or offshore wind farm. A well-built procurement plan gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how wind farm projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- What to procure
- Contract types
- Selection criteria
- Timeline and SLAs
Wind Farm-specific considerations
Tailor the procurement plan to the risks that most often derail wind farm projects:
- Environmental approvals
- Turbine logistics and installation
- Grid integration
Example
On a real wind farm project, the procurement plan would be shaped by developing an onshore or offshore wind farm. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — environmental approvals, turbine logistics and installation, grid integration — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.