Wind Farm RAID Log
This is a practical guide to building a raid log for a wind farm project — a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, adapted to the realities of developing an onshore or offshore wind farm.
What a RAID Log is
A raid log is a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies. For the full concept and how it works in general, see RAID Log. 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 raid log 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
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Issues
- Dependencies
- Owners and status
Wind Farm-specific considerations
Tailor the raid log 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 raid log 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.