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As a project development engineer building solar farms across the American Southwest, I've encountered few obstacles as formidable as caliche soil. This hardened layer of calcium carbonate creates unique engineering challenges that can significantly impact construction timelines and costs if not properly addressed. 

As a project development engineering consultant, I've had the privilege of collaborating with a diverse range of companies all striving to bring their ambitious energy projects to fruition. The journey from concept to commissioning is often complex, riddled with technical hurdles, intricate timelines, and critical financial decisions. This is where Blended Power’s engineering expertise becomes indispensable. 

As project development engineers, we've tackled the real-world challenges of burrowing owl mitigation head-on. Our latest blog post offers a firsthand look at the practical solutions we've developed and implemented on solar projects, from strategic avoidance to the creation of artificial burrows. It's about finding a balance that works on the ground.

For a developer siting projects today, small/medium utility scale projects can be a great option if you can find locations with low interconnection upgrades.  Those projects can still achieve similar economics to larger ones once transmission and proximity to load are considered.

We identified locations and owners of projects competing for interconnection with 2 of our clients.

Stories of hail damage make solar developers and O&Ms cringe because every incident makes project insurance harder to find and more...

We created a glare study for a client in MISO to support a land use permit.

This is my first post in a series on common issues that cause renewable energy projects to be denied land use permits and what developers...

We performed outreach for landowners in the southwest and negotiated term sheets and option agreements.

Continuing from my last post, another reason why renewable energy projects are denied land use permits is due to difficult local...

We identified projects in MISO to support a client's M&A activities.

Most renewable energy developers who have been in the business long enough have a story about neighbors being opposed to one of their...

We performed a feasibility assessment on 52 solar and solar plus storage sites in the Eastern US.

FERC 2023 and other recent reforms are encouraging steps to help the US power grid adapt to the energy transition. However, the risks to...

We developed layouts and other exhibits for local land-use permitting efforts.

Last week, I posted about the core reasons why new investment in the transmission grid is needed. I’m continuing with a series of posts...

We performed a preliminary feasibility analysis on 19 energy storage projects throughout the US.

In 1914, Winston Churchill faced a difficult decision. Over two decades before his first term as Prime Minister during World War 2, he...