Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for wind energy developers.
A checklist built from how wind energy developers work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Site and land register
- Measurement campaigns
- Studies and reports
- Consents and conditions
- Grid connection tracker
- Contract packages and tenders
- Stage gates and approvals
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For the development director
- For land and permitting managers
- For wind analysts
- For project and construction managers
- For finance and investors
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Sites by stage, next gate and blocking item
- Land options and leases by end date
- Measurement campaigns with data gaps by mast
- Consent conditions open by owner and due date
- Grid offers and permit dates on one timeline
- Tenders by package, with bids and award reason
- Budget, commitments and certified payments by package
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Document storage
- Calendar
- Accounting export
- Mapping and survey files
- Wind data files
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can one record follow a site to handover?
- Does it analyse wind speed data?
- How are consent conditions tracked?
- Can lenders see our documents?
- Can we compare tenders for foundations and cables?
- Does it handle several countries?
- Can landowners and consultants log in?
- Is it for operating wind farms too?
- How are old files moved in?
- What does it cost?
- How long before the development team tracks sites in it?
- What should the developer assemble first?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Lease terms are spread over folders
- Measurement data has no owner
- Consent conditions are hard to follow
- Grid and permit dates collide
- Package tenders are compared by email
Prefer to talk it through? See the wind energy developers page.