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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. 

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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