Our experience spans all the phases of the windfarm lifecycle. We start by teaming up with local developers (in late-stage project development). We structure the financing, raise capital, manage construction and operations. Small to mid-size onshore windfarm development takes about 5 to 10 years in our target markets. We focus our expertise on the last 2 to 4 years and on managing the operational windfarm. Eventually, we sell these assets to self-fund new selected projects.
We have a large development portfolio of small to mid-size projects (5 to 50 MW) in our target markets: the Netherlands, Poland, and Finland. And, we have roots in these markets, markets with a long-term and stable energy subsidy regime. We invest only in late-stage developments and rely on our agile committed development and transaction team to make projects operational within 2 to 4 years.
With increasing investment volumes and larger financial interests in the wind energy industry, the demand for specialized (financial) expertise is constantly growing. The unique combination of financial and project-based knowledge and access to financial resources makes YARD ENERGY an attractive partner in wind energy projects. In recent years, we have been involved in numerous development initiatives and we have worked on the purchase and sale of various wind energy projects. For an overview of these projects and our role, please see our Portfolio.
Portfolio
YARD ENERGY is responsible for turn-key delivery of its wind farms. We have an experienced engineering, procurement and construction team and a tried-and-true network of leading turbine suppliers, large-scale builders, infrastructure experts, and wind energy industry consultants, all at home in our target markets. This helps us construct our windfarms, usually within 1-year, on-time and on-budget, ready for business.
High availability of operational wind turbines is key to windfarm performance. We have a state-of-the-art Asset Management software solution which provides us management information 24/7, right across our portfolio. This is one of the reasons our windfarms achieve availability levels of 97.5++%. For more information on how we use technology to optimize our assets, please see Innovation in Action.
Innovation in Action