Geotechnical engineers talk amongst themselves using abbreviations that project stakeholders and even engineers from other trades struggle to decipher. In this compilation, we present the tip of the iceberg.

In 100 out of 144 days since March 8, California met its electricity demand entirely with renewable energy for part of each day. Solar, wind, and hydroelectric power supplied the grid for durations ranging from minutes to ten hours. This milestone underscores the reliability of renewables in high-demand regions. However, further efforts are needed to ensure consistent electricity production during unfavorable weather conditions.

A new report by the think tank Energy Innovation highlights drivers of climbing electricity rates in the US.

Mother Nature handed out several invaluable lessons over the last two weeks of May 2024: on May 17, strong weather events downed multiple transmission line towers in the Houston area, and on May 20-21, tornadoes destroyed several wind turbines in southwest Iowa. What lessons should we draw from these back-to-back events? Is this a wake-up call? If it is, what is the message of the call? What are the consequences associated with these types of failures and what are the weak links in our nation’s power system? Do we need to rethink how we design wind turbines, or do we need to work harder to slow down the accelerating pattern of more frequent and more extreme weather events? Let’s explore!

In this blog entry, we intend to maintain a list publications of relevance to Civil Renewables, Inc., and by extension, to our clients and our colleagues within the industry.

We welcome addition proposals in the comments sections.

If you are new to renewable energy projects, you must have come across abbreviations that you had to accept to look smart but had to look up later. In this blog post, we create a list of such abbreviations with their meanings.