ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF WIND FARMS CONSIDERING THE RISKS EXISTING IN THE IMPLANTATION STAGE.
Wind farm; Risk; Feasibility; Implementation; Project
A considerable number of plants with low implantation feasibility, can show a low maturity of the sector, associated mainly with the lack of knowledge about new projects under development and the uncertainties that directly affect the technical and economical feasibility. The lack of prior knowledge about the risks inherent to wind farms, as well as the inability to mitigate or eliminate them, can expose these projects to failure, giving the entrepreneur a financial return that may mean the economic unfeasibility of their project. For these reasons, questions that gave rise to this research were: Are wind farms being implemented as planned by the companies? If not, why? What risks are related to wind farms in the deployment phase? What impact do these risks have on the timing and cost of an enterprise? How can these risks affect the economic viability of an enterprise? The objective of this research is to propose a tool that allows analyzing how the existing risks in the implementation stage can affect the economic viability of wind farms. The research method can be characterized as descriptive research, applied nature and inductive character, with qualitative-quantitative approach. The field research will include a cases study and a research type survey. The cases study will be conducted with entrepreneurs from wind farms and specialists in wind power plant projects. The survey will focus on validating the elements of the proposed tool. As a result of the dissertation, it is expected to have a tool that allows analyzing how the existing risks in the implementation stage can affect the economic viability of wind farms.