Endeavor Wind Farm, Spirit Lake, IA (98 MW)
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Geotechnical Engineering [download pdf]
Civil Infrastructure Design [download pdf]
Electrical Design [download pdf]
The key to cost-effective development is to maximize energy output and minimize impacts to the location. We prepare a site design that not only optimizes site conditions, but reduces the amount of foundation materials, roadways, collector systems, and interconnection facilities needed to get power to the grid. Our licensed electrical and civil engineering professionals work onsite with clients from the earliest stages of a wind energy facility's development to ensure a successful project:
- Geotechnical. Before beginning work, our engineers seek to gain a clear understanding of the project's overall objectives, and then pull together the required talent from our deep technical bench of professionals. Our geotechnical staff then apply the principles of soil and rock mechanics and resistivity, along with groundwater condition experience and regulatory expertise, to perform comprehensive geotechnical studies. We establish the basic soil engineering properties of permeability, compressibility, electrical and thermal resistivity, and strength to provide innovative solutions to geotechnical concerns.
- Civil. Following our geotechnical analysis, our civil engineers can design access roads, crane pads, crane paths, turbine foundations, substation structural supports, collector system cable trench backfill, and interconnection structures to bring wind turbines into operation. We specialize in integrating the many civil engineering disciplines required to complete a project — on time and on budget.
- Electrical. Being able to effectively harness the power of the wind and deliver it to the marketplace requires knowledge of the grid, electrical equipment expertise, and a firm grasp on the complexity of interconnection. Our licensed electrical engineering professionals offer extensive expertise in negotiating purchase power agreements, transmission service contracts, and interconnect agreements. We focus on providing high-voltage electrical design and engineering services, including planning; design; engineering; and upgrades of transmission facilities, substations, generating plants, and overhead and underground collector/distribution systems and power factor correction facilities.