Renewable Energy

The recent changes in our climate mean a dramatic shift towards renewable energy sources – including solar power, wind power, and battery energy storage – is necessary to ensure the success of new projects. Supporting this energy transition and renewable energy developments requires significant expertise, particularly in climate and environment-related services.

Solar Power

Solar power, a clean and efficient energy source, is a key component of any strategy for decarbonizing electricity production. 

We work with:

Commercial and Utility Scale Ground and Rooftop Mounted Solar – We leverage our detailed environmental and climate studies to help clients, including developers, optimize the design of solar power projects, thereby mitigating potential risks and enhancing their overall performance.

Floating Solar – Solar panels on bodies of water promise a new range of potential sites for solar power projects, boosting energy production and addressing underutilized land simultaneously. Floating solar projects can result in additional scrutiny regarding their potential impacts to the water, its surroundings, and the life both sustain. 

Agrivoltaics – Agrivoltaics, or agrovoltaics, can influence the underlying agricultural fields they are placed on and the crops they support. To ensure both the solar panels and crops thrive, we leverage modeling, data-driven testing, and other assessments to gain a thorough understanding of how the microclimate may change beneath solar panels on agricultural fields. Elevated agrivoltaics structures, of course, must also withstand pressures from surrounding winds.

Fixed Solar Structures and Solar Trackers – Many aspects of the weather, including the force of the wind, can have a major impact on the design of solar trackers as well as the racking and structures the solar panels are mounted on. Leveraging wind tunnel testing and site-specific climate assessments can help optimize stow strategies for solar trackers, thereby reducing potential damages.

Wind Power

From single wind turbines to wind farms, RWDI leverages noise and vibration assessments to help clients ensure their wind power project will operate smoothly with minimal disruption to the surrounding community

Climate change studies provide insight into how the local climate will interact with a wind power project and therefore assist in developing the best system for a project’s specific needs while verifying its performance, allowing you to design and build knowing your vision will become a reality. 

Battery Energy Storage

Battery energy storage helps smooth the transition to, and rapid growth of, renewable energy, as these devices store energy from other renewable sources until later. From noise studies to overheating risk assessments, RWDI can help refine the design of battery energy systems to meet local regulations for permitting and fire safety, so the renewable energy they store can be used when its needed most.