Siting

KEMA's siting services help project developers in determining optimal locations for renewable and distributed generation projects

Today’s evolving renewable and distributed power market is full of opportunities and challenges, many of which are determined by choice of location.

 

Strategic, focused research and analysis are key to identifying optimal project locations. It also helps identify and anticipate potential public response to a renewable power development project and the resulting challenges to successfully permit and site a renewable project in a given location.

 

Insight to positively position renewable power projects

KEMA helps project developers positively position their renewable power projects. We offer a wide range of siting and communications services, geared specifically for projects that require environmental permits, and/or public involvement programs.

 

Our siting services address the full scope of project developers’ needs, including:

• site assessment and due diligence

• public involvement program planning and implementation

• resource assessment and economic assessment

• stakeholder outreach and education

• message and collateral material development

• government and regulatory relations

• visualization

• strategic counsel.

Tailored siting services and solutions

We offer a full spectrum of project siting and due diligence services—custom tailored for specific project goals and objectives. Our services include:

• site assessment and due diligence – identifying favorable project locations based on environmental conditions and evaluation of potential permitting challenges

• review of wind resource estimates and project financial models – developing or reviewing wind resource estimates, financial models and siting parameters to ensure investor confidence

• stakeholder management – identifying key stakeholders interested in and/or impacted by a wind development project and managing updated contact information crucial to implementing effective outreach strategies

• public involvement program planning and implementation – developing a strategy and implementing a proactive outreach plan to educate public or regulatory stakeholders and positively position wind power projects and the project developer throughout the permitting, construction and operation phases

• strategic counsel – providing on-going strategic counsel and evaluation of public outreach programs to keep wind development projects on track

• project development, construction and operations – providing objective third-party review of engineering services, to ensure that all plans and investments meet the high levels of cost-effectiveness and surety

• government and regulatory relations – initiating and developing strategic relationships with elected and public officials with jurisdiction over the wind development project approval.