1. Solar Energy
Brief In its 7-year statement issued in May 2018; Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) stated that it is planning to achieve the government’s target of 10% renewable share of electricity generation by 2025. To achieve this OPWP started tendering for solar PV projects to meet Oman’s domestic electricity requirements, and has issued a Request for Qualifications (RfQ) linked to the development of two new solar-based Independent Power Projects (IPPs) with combined capacity ranging from 1000-1,200 MW. Task You have been appointed as a member of a project team for a Solar-based power project. Your team is to place a bid for OPWP. This project is designed to promote green energy generation in the Sultanate of Oman. The contracts awarded will include the development, financing, design, engineering, construction, ownership, operation and maintenance of a solar PV power plant with a minimum AC capacity of 500 MW and maximum AC capacity of 600 MW at the electrical delivery point, according to OPWP. The power produced is to be fed to the local grid. The wholesale price that the generated power is sold to the local distributing company should be priced at an attractive level, while returning a reasonable profit. Your product should meet all the relevant standards applicable. The power generation capacity should be sustainable and the quality of the power generated should be consistent, ensuring constant voltage and frequency
Deliverables Prepare a project document that would cover all the essential aspects of the business of setting up this project, which includes: 1. Introduction and project description 2. A market research for this product and a feasibility study for the setting up of this project. 3. Stakeholder impact analysis 4. Project management analysis: The project report should analyze the project management aspects of this project under the following topics, indicating the appropriate techniques used to assess the parameters. 4.1. Project’s scope 4.2. Quality aspects 4.3. WBS
4.4. Time schedule analysis /Gantts chart 4.5. Cost /Budget Analysis 4.6. A flow chart for the production process and the flow of materials / components for the production
5. Risk Management analysis: You are required to develop a risk impact matrix and present the management strategy you would deploy to manage those risks.
Company website: https://www.omanpwp.om
Company location: Country / OMAN - City / Muscat
Oman Currency: OMANI RIAL or (OMR)
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Table 1: Project report marking criteria
Introduction
(10%)
Introduction and project description, an assessment of the machinery & tools required [10%]
Unable to introduce work done and unclear of what to achieve
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Clear introduction, statement of aim and clear deliverables
Project Management [40%]
Project’s scope, Quality aspects, WBS, Time schedule analysis, Cost /Budget Analysis, A flow chart for the production process and the flow of materials / components for the production [40%]
No idea on how to use Project Management tools 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40
Excellent and accurate use of Project Management tools
Risk Analysis[5%] Risk Analysis [5%] Poor risk analysis 1 2 3 4 5 Excellent risk analysis
In-depth Technical Analysis [20%]
Technical Content of work[20%] Discussions are vague and not technical 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Solid technical contributions and discussions
Stakeholder Analysis[5%]
Identifying all possible stake holders and analyzing the impact on them.[5%]
Very poor / nil analysis of impact stakeholders 1 2 3 4 5
Very poor / nil analysis of impact on stakeholders
Market Research [10%]
Market research for this product and a feasibility study [10%]
No idea on how to carry out a market research and a feasibility study
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Excellent and accurate display of market research and a feasibility study skills
Others [10%] Report Presentation style, professionalism, referencing, and other formal aspects [10%]
Unstructured, message is poorly conveyed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Excellent Project Management knowledge evidenced by skills shown