Our engineers can use advanced tools and proprietary data sets to quantify wind-power potential for offshore and inland sites anywhere on earth. Once you’ve chosen an area for wind harvesting, we offer guidance on siting individual turbines to maximize energy and mitigate noise impacts. Our teams also deliver wind loading analysis and supplementary damping solutions to ensure the performance and reliability of the standing and floating turbines. By employing our detailed wind and wave forecasting tools, RWDI can provide technical support for construction and maintenance of wind-power infrastructure

Services:

• Weather Forecasting
• Wind and Wave Forecasting
• Wind Climate Analysis
• Wind Loading Analysis
• Supplementary Damping Systems
• Noise Modeling and Monitoring

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Offshore Wind brochure

We help clients quantify the solar-power potential of urban installations and solar farm sites around the world, using advanced software to precisely model solar energy every minute of the year. Our detailed weather forecasting can support optimizing stow regimes to maximizing energy harvesting while protecting solar equipment from extreme weather. RWDI works closely with clients on equipment selection, siting and orientation to maximize efficiency and return on investment. RWDI’s engineers work with solar panel manufacturers to provide wind loading analysis – including CFD modeling and wind tunnel testing – to optimize component design and system configuration.

Services:

• Feasibility Studies
• Glare Studies
• Wind Blown Sand or Snow Modeling
• Wind Loading Analysis
• Vibration Analysis
• Permitting

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Wind Effects on Solar Energy Systems brochure

Our engineers and environmental specialists help businesses and communities successfully harvest energy from wood waste products, composting, biodigesters, landfills, and agricultural biomass and methane – while managing related concerns such as odor, fugitive emissions, and ventilation challenges.

Services:

• Odor and Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
• Source Testing
• Fugitive Emissions
• Ventilation Modeling
• Noise Modeling and Monitoring
• Stormwater Management
• Solid Waste Management
• Organic Waste and Compost
• Environmental Stewardship
• Permitting

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Waste Management brochure

RWDI provides engineering insights for district energy centers and other key co-generation and power generating infrastructure. We offer support for large-scale dam and power generation station construction and for the transition from coal to natural gas plants. During operations we provide onsite source testing and ambient air and noise monitoring services and provide dispersion modeling to support planning for hazards and accidental releases using proprietary software and Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling. Our dispersion modelling expertise includes fog and icing modelling form cooling towers, as well operational forecasting systems. Our environmental engineers can facilitate decommissioningplans and dust modeling services for end-of-life coal plants.

Services:

• Air Quality Monitoring
• Source Testing and Ambient Monitoring
• Fugitive Emissions
• Dispersion and Fog Modeling and Forecasting
• Emissions Inventory and Permitting
• GHG Quantification and Verification
• Environmental Software Solutions
• Dust Modeling
• Noise and Vibration Monitoring
• Climate Studies
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Wind Tunnel

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Wind Loading for Industrial Structures brochure
CFD for Industry brochure
Chimneys and Cooling Towers brochure
Environmental Forecasting Solutions brochure

RWDI can provide technical guidance on planning, construction, and maintenance of power lines and transmission infrastructure pertaining to noise, vibration, air quality, icing, and wind-gust forecasting. Our specialist can assist in knowledge sharing and collaboration with Indigenous communities.

Services:

• Wind Gust Monitoring
• Noise and Vibration Studies
• Icing
• Dust Monitoring

We excel at helping designers integrate renewable energy solutions into projects of all sizes. Whether working at city, neighborhood or building scale, we develop customized approaches that maximize efficiency and return on investment while supporting the overall design vision. Our specialists offer support to maximize credits, incentives and certification opportunities for urban installations. RWDI conducts wind tunnel simulations and provides consulting to manufacturers of photovoltaic systems, enabling them to understand and improve the performance of solar arrays in high winds.

Services:

• Feasibility Studies
• Commissioning
• Building Performance
• Glare Studies

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