Announcing New Services: Repairs & Retrofits (RR) and Due Diligence
As we near the year’s end, we are pleased to announce the addition of Repairs & Retrofits (RR) and Due Diligence (DD) services to our core offerings. These services allow us to provide even more comprehensive support to clients pursuing ambitious renewable energy projects.
Welcome Angie!
We are thrilled to welcome Angie as Staff Graduate Engineer! Angie holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with special honors from CU Denver and aims to further advance her career in Structural/Geotechnical Engineering and make a great contribution to advancing renewable energy.
Civil Renewables Inc. Garden Update
One month after a 30-year hailstorm in Colorado, our garden in Thornton is on the mend. Gardening here can be challenging, but it also brings us closer to each other and nature. It helps us appreciate nature’s rhythms and more importantly how these rhythms are increasingly being thrown out of regularity by climate change. It was just 10 years ago when we had hummingbirds in the backyard, and we did not even need to turn on air conditioning throughout the summer.
2024 ACI Foundation Technology Forum
We had the privilege of attending the 2024 ACI Foundation Technology Forum on May 14-16 in beautiful Santa Fe, NM. This was an invaluable opportunity to learn from the experts on the latest in concrete technology. Read about the highlights from our experience in this post.
RAVS+ Participation
Civil Renewables, Inc. is now a participant in ISN’s RAVS+ program, a recognition that that is achievable only after a successful audit of our Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) plans.
Colorado Chooses Renewables
A report by the American Clean Power Association focused on Colorado contains some fantastic statsitics on renewables in Colorado. Check out what the real “sunshine state” has achieved so far and what it has in store.
A Firm Foothold in Six Months
In six months of operation, we are happy to report that we have gained a firm foothold in the US market. Learn more about our first steps.
POWERGEN 2024: Repowering Wind Projects
A POWERGEN 2024 presentation by two industry experts on repowering of wind projects: the financial drivers, the various repowering scenarios and the technical considerations of repowering or lifetime extension.
POWERGEN 2024: Alternate Wind Turbine Foundation Systems
A lively POWERGEN 2024 session presenting a few wind turbine foundation alternatives to the classical gravity-based (shallow) tapered concrete slab, and discussing the merits of such alternates and the necessity to improve upon the gravity-based foundation.
d-RBD Is Registered with USPTO
Our d-RBD design process receives official registration as a trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark Organization (USPTO).
An Ethics Refresher
In carrying out a failure investigation, avoiding ethical pitfalls is as important as (if not more important than) the investigation itself. This refresher course reminds us of this truth.
ACP Membership
A fish cannot live outside water. So, a consulting firm focused renewable energy cannot strive outside the renewable energy community as represented by the American Clean Power Association.
Plaxis Soil-Structure Interaction
We have acquired a license to PLAXIS 3D, a powerful finite element program for modeling soil-structure interactions.
Four Contracts Signed
We kicked off our business activites wih the signature of four contracts covering much of what we do.
ACP 61400-6 Approved as a US Standard
Approval by ANSI of ACP 61400-6, the modified adoption of IEC 61400-6, as a US standard.