The Antares Group Inc.
4351 Garden City Drive, Suite 301
Landover, MD 20785

Tel. (301) 731-1900
Fax. (301) 731-1904

Wind Energy

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ANTARES provides wind resource assessment services to assist in evaluating the potential of large, utility-scale wind farms as well as small, community- or facility- scale wind projects.

ANTARES’ staff includes professional engineers, project managers, and analysts who have supported the development of over 450 MW of operational utility-scale wind power, and includes many gigawatts of projects in various stages of early development. In addition to in-house expertise, we have working relationships with project developers who have assisted our staff with successful projects in the past. This pool of expertise includes systems engineers, interconnection consultants, environmental consultants, trucking and transportation partners, environmental lawyers, and public relations consultants. Collectively, the team meets our goal to provide outstanding project development or feasibility assessment value.

Our wind resource staff are trained to use WAsP and WindPro, an industry standard for resource modeling and wind project planning. Assessment can be initiated using either site-collected or public data, and can be used to: evaluate wind resource, select the appropriate system size, estimate energy production, and provide long-term resource correlations.

In addition, GIS-based site assessment can be used to evaluate potential areas of visual impact, optimize project siting, understand and mitigate potential impacts to species and habitats, and plan for new infrastructure such as roads, foundations, and electrical systems.

Project Development Support

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ANTARES can provide the full spectrum of wind project development services, including:

  • Project economic feasibility analysis
  • Site selection for meteorological towers
  • Initial design and final turbine siting
  • Review of financing options and tax credits
  • Coordination of environmental studies
  • Coordination of interconnection studies
  • Public outreach support
  • Identification of financing sources, including government assistance
  • Identification of potential power purchasers and establishment of power purchase agreements