Project Report: Wind Turbine Installation for Community Energy Scheme

This report details a project design for the installation of a wind turbine for a community energy scheme, focusing on project management principles. It begins with an introduction to wind power and its benefits, followed by a project context outlining the installation timeline and objectives. The report then presents the rationale for the project plan, emphasizing the use of sustainable energy resources and the importance of community involvement. A PESTLE analysis is conducted to assess the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors influencing the project. The report further includes a work breakdown structure (WBS) to analyze project components, a Gantt chart for scheduling, a risk analysis with a risk management strategy, a RACI matrix for defining roles and responsibilities, and a stakeholder management strategy. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and recommendations for successful project implementation.

Running head: PROJECT DESIGN ON INSTALLATION OF A WIND TURBINE
Project Design on Installation of a Wind Turbine
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
2. Project context.............................................................................................................................2
3. Rationale for proposed plan and choice of method.....................................................................3
4. PESTLE analysis.........................................................................................................................4
5. Work Breakdown Structure to analyse the project components..................................................7
6. Gantt chart for the project............................................................................................................8
7. Risk Analysis for the project and identify a Risk Management Strategy..................................10
8. Responsibility, Accountability, Consulted and Informed (RACI) Matrix for the project.........12
9. Stakeholder Management Strategy for the key project stakeholders.........................................14
10. Conclusion...............................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................17

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1. Introduction
Wind power can be termed as a powerful and mature technology that employs the use of
wind supply for generating it into electric current. The wind turbine technology is also defined as
a mature technology. The various machines and turbines could be thus installed within various
windy sites. With the installation and development of such kind of projects, it would be highly
helpful for defining an economic and competitive advantage in the rising market (Wizelius
2015). Various kind of technologies based on the generation of conventional power are on the
high rise and thus the development of such kind of technologies prove to have a much greater
impact over the environment.
The wind turbines are generally set up in ranches or farms. These highly benefit the
government in gaining higher economy from the rural areas in which most of the best kind of
wind sites would be found. With the installation of the wind turbines in the farm areas, the
farmers could be able to continue with their work over their land as the installation phase of wind
turbines would only use a small fraction of the land (Rodrigues et al. 2015). The discussion in
this project would focus over the brief installation phase of the wind turbines, the PESTLE
analysis from the project, the stages of development of the project and the risks that might
overcome the project.
2. Project context
The project is based on the installation of wind turbines that would be set and
implemented within a community for the purpose of making an impact over the energy
production. The entire phase of installation of the wind turbines would be made within April and
September by the year of 2020 (Tang and Popp 2016). The development of the huge project

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would require an immense form of planning, development of ideas, gaining a financial
investment and thus initiating the work over the project.
The factor of energy has always been a matter of crucial importance. Developing a wind
turbine project for the community energy scheme would prove to be highly beneficial for the
sector. There would be a vast form of development of ideas that need to be put in proper place in
order to help the scheme to be fully developed in a proper manner (Higgins and Foley 2014).
There would be a major need of consent from the government officials and the investment team
who would be responsible for the success rate of the project. These governing bodies would be
highly necessary for maintaining the full process of development of the large scale project.
The development of the wind turbines would require a high level of consent and would
also incur the multi-dimensional expertise of different engineers. Working knowledge for the use
of heavy cranes and installation logistics of wind turbine is also determined as a critical factor for
the project (Enevoldsen and Sovacool 2016). Based on the development of the project, the
project manager would conduct different meetings with the owners, project sponsor, the
engineering team and the logistics team. A proper purchasing sector for the efficient wind
turbine would be chosen in order to ensure that the project becomes a huge success for the local
community.
3. Rationale for proposed plan and choice of method
The primary purpose of the project is to discuss about the necessary choice of methods
and planning systems for the development of a wind turbine systems for the local community.
Different guidelines have to be followed in order to ensure a proper level of planning and
regulating the development of wind energy (Myhr et al. 2014). The project manager involved

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within this project would also have to abide by the various regulatory frameworks that would be
need to be kept under consideration under the various geographic scales.
As per the consideration of the energy usage at the local community, it has been seen that
most of the communities are still making use of electric supply from the government sector.
However, with the development of the wind turbine project, it would be highly helpful to reduce
the consumption of electric energy and lead towards more use of sustainable energy resources.
The wind energy could be capped under solar energy (Kallehave et al. 2015). The generation of
wind energy could be defined as the process by which the energy gathered from wind could be
again used for the generation of mechanical electricity and power.
Different methods of project planning, development and quality assurance should be
taken into consideration during the development of the wind turbine project for the local
community. The project manager should also be able to design the project within the proper
budget that would be sanctioned from the owner (Shamshirband et al. 2014). Based on the
budget invested over the project, it should also be calculated and ensured that the project would
be able to meet with each of the success criteria and would thus ensure a proper payback in the
coming years. The upcoming sections of the discussion would focus on the various factors that
would affect the project.
4. PESTLE analysis
Based on the discussions over the concerned project, the different factors would also be
needed to be highly discussed. The discussion over PESTLE would be underlying each of the
factors that would be necessary for understanding the factors that would be taken under
consideration.

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Political – Different kind of political factors might act during the installation of the
project. The government of every country provides a ce3rtain guideline that would provide the
usage of energy by any local community (Mukasa et al. 2015). Different kind of political
constraints might arise during the development of the project. Hence, the local community
should have a clear form of discussion with the political parties in the region for ensuring that the
installation of wind turbine would function in a proper manner.
Economic – The factor of economic feasibility would be considered as another critical
concern during the development of engineering work over the project. During the design of the
project, the costs incurred during construction should be taken into consideration (Frantál 2015).
A proper cost analysis should be made over the project in order to ensure that the project would
be feasible and affordable for the local community.
Social – Since the design and installation of the wind turbine would be confined to a
specific community, hence there should be a formal acceptance of each social norms that need to
be maintained (Kontogianni et al. 2014). The factor of acceptance of the new project within the
region would also be needed to be accessed in order to ensure that there would not arise any
problems in future.
Technological – Technology would play a major role during the development of the
project (Cameron and Van Der Zwaan 2015). The project manager who would be responsible for
handling of the project should ensure that the efficient engineering team would be assigned for
performing the work over the project.
Legal – The legal factors are also of high consideration during the development of the
project (Morris and Pehnt 2014). Different legal papers in relation to health and safety of

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individuals and other factors should be considered before a proper approval over the start of the
project.
Environmental – The project management team should also carefully understand the
rising concern for the civil engineering industry. They should also ensure that no form of
environmental constraints would arise with the development of the project. The environmental
codes and regulations would also have to highly maintained (Dai et al. 2015). The codes that
would be based on obtaining permits for installation of the wind turbine should be highly studied
and thus implied for the project.

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5. Work Breakdown Structure to analyse the project components
Wind Turbine Installation
Project
Start Project Pre-application Planning
Discussion with the
steering committee
Development of the
project plan
Completion of the phase
Review of application
Defining of the permit
Permit sent to court
Completion of the phase
Administrative appeals
Review of application by
court
Completion of the phase
Project Development
Procuring of the turbine
machineries
Installation of the wind
turbine
Completion of the phase
Quality check
Quality check of the
installation
Completion of the phase
Project Closure
Project sign off
Making of final payments
Completion of the phase
End Project
(Figure 1: The WBS for the Project)
(Source: Created by author)

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6. Gantt chart for the project
ID Outline
Number
Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start
0 0 Wind Turbine Installation
Project
251 days Mon
20-05-19
1 1 Start Project 0 days Mon 20-05-19
2 2 Pre-application Planning 80 days Mon 20-05-19
3 2.1 Discussion with the
steering committee
54 days Mon 20-05-19
4 2.2 Development of the
project plan
26 days Fri 02-08-19
5 2.3 Completion of the phase0 days Fri 06-09-19
6 3 Review of application 21 days Mon 09-09-19
7 3.1 Defining of the permit 18 days Mon 09-09-19
8 3.2 Permit sent to court 3 days Thu 03-10-19
9 3.3 Completion of the phase0 days Mon 07-10-19
10 4 Administrative appeals 14 days Tue 08-10-19
11 4.1 Review of application
by court
14 days Tue 08-10-19
12 4.2 Completion of the phase0 days Fri 25-10-19
13 5 Project Development 102 days Mon 28-10-19
14 5.1 Procuring of the turbine
machineries
24 days Mon 28-10-19
15 5.2 Installation of the wind
turbine
78 days Fri 29-11-19
16 5.3 Completion of the phase0 days Tue 17-03-20
17 6 Quality check 26 days Wed 18-03-20
18 6.1 Quality check of the
installation
26 days Wed 18-03-20
19 6.2 Completion of the phase0 days Wed 22-04-20
20 7 Project Closure 8 days Thu 23-04-20
21 7.1 Project sign off 5 days Thu 23-04-20
22 7.2 Making of final payments3 days Thu 30-04-20
23 7.3 Completion of the phase0 days Mon 04-05-20
24 8 End Project 0 days Mon 04-05-20
20-05
Project Manager,Project Sponsor
Project Manager
06-09
Project Manager
07-10
25-10
17-03
22-04
04-05
04-05
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W
13 May '19 17 Jun '19 22 Jul '19 26 Aug '19 30 Sep '19 04 Nov '19 09 Dec '19 13 Jan '20 17 Feb '20 23 Mar '20 27 Apr '20
(Figure 2: The Gantt chart for the Project)
(Source: Created by author)

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The use of Gantt chart for the project helps in depicting each of the phases of the project
and the breakdown of activities that need to be undertaken for the project. Some of the most
essential phases within the project are described as follows:
1. Pre-application planning – This phase defines the various kind of meetings with each
of the stakeholders involved within the project. The project manager would also conduct
meetings with the owner and the engineering team involved within the project (Ottinger,
Hargrave and Hopson 2014). This phase can be defined as mandatory as each of the necessary
decisions would be made in this phase.
2. Review of Application – During this phase, the permit application for the installation
of the wind turbine would be filed. The various activities, requirements of public involvement
and required documents would be mainly depending on the process of application review
(Stigka, Paravantis and Mihalakakou 2014). In some specific cases, the various agencies would
be required to reach up to a certain decision during a specified period in order to gain an entire
idea for the project.
3. Making of Decisions – During this phase, the lead of the operation department would
be ensuring that each of the documents and legal papers are properly arranged and would then
allow a permit for start of the project. In this phase, various forms of public hearing should also
be taken into consideration.
4. Administrative appeals – Different kind of appeals in terms of permit decisions
would be taken to the courts and thus the decision maker would provide the final approval to the
start of the project. The law maker within the court would review the public hearings and the
necessities for developing of the project (Mirasgedis et al. 2014). Based on the emerging needs

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and proper arrangement of documents, the court would allow for further proceeding of the
project.
5. Development of the Project – In this phase, the project manager would procure each
of the necessary items that would be required by the engineering team to design the project. The
project manager should also ensure that each of the procured items should be under the proper
estimated budget (Reilly, O’Hagan and Dalton 2015). The engineering should plan the idea for
installing the wind turbine for the local community.
6. Quality check over the project – After the installation of the wind turbine, the
engineering team would also perform a quality check over the project (Jami and Walsh 2014).
They would thus ensure that the project has been completed successfully and would thus serve
the emerging needs of the local community.
7. Project Closure phase – In the final phase of the project, the project manager would
ensure that the project has been successfully achieved. Each of the teams who had been involved
within the project would be paid off with the final payments (Fera et al. 2014). The governing
body within the local community would also ensure that the project has achieved each of the
success criteria.
7. Risk Analysis for the project and identify a Risk Management Strategy
The risk analysis can be defined as a technique for performing a thorough analysis of the
risks that might affect the project in the several stages. The different forms of risk that might
affect during the installation phase of the wind turbine project are discussed as:
1. Risk during transportation of Wind Turbine – The wind turbines vary in terms of
capacities and sizes. The use of such wind turbines are mainly aimed at delivering more amount

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of electricity at extremely lower costs (Gatzert and Kosub 2016). Hence, the transportation of
such large machineries might create a situation of problem on the roads. It could also lead to
damage of materials on the roads.
2. Risk during working in confined space – Most of the maintenance work that would
need to be done over the wind turbine would mainly be performed in the nacelle that is situated
on top of the tower of wind turbine. The configuration of the nacelle are generally termed as
confined spaces. There might be several hazards during the working of labour in such confined
spaces. The different hazards that could be listed are: presence of fumes and gases, extreme hot
conditions and lack of proper oxygen supply.
3. Gaining agreement from law makers and society – During the process of agreement
of legal papers, the people living in the other communities might raise a complaint in regards
with the installation of the wind turbine (Khorsand et al. 2015). Gaining such kind of resistance
from the society might affect the work of agreement of the legal papers due to which the project
might get delayed. Proper form of agreement from the court would be highly necessary for the
purpose of installing of the wind turbine in the local community.
4. Risks over investment – During the development of ideas and estimation of costs over
the project, it could be found that the project might not be able to propose the future benefit
towards the local communities (Sovacool et al. 2014). During such kind of situations for the
project, the planning for the project might fail and thus the project might abruptly stop leading to
discontinuation over the other works on the project.
Hence, in order to limit the scenario of risks, a proper form of risk management strategy
should be put in proper place. The project manager should ensure that each of the discussed risk