Comprehensive Energy Solutions

• 5+ GW of solar system designs

• 500+ MWh of energy storage system designs

• Wide range of systems including residential, commercial, multi-family, and utility scale

 Sample Designs:

Our approach to solar & storage design is guided by decades of experience, as well as a desire to integrate the latest and most useful advances in renewable technology. We aren’t tied to any single manufacturer or product, so we consider every possible solution when determining the best design approach, and will work directly with you on realizing the perfect design.

Every microgrid system is unique, and therefore deserves an appropriate design approach. With a wide scope of work, including load management, power distribution, energy control systems, and system protection, our microgrid designs can be as simple or as complex as the solution requires.  

• Standalone EV fleet charging systems

• Integration with solar & storage

• Level I, II, and III (DC fast charging)

Sample Designs:

As electric vehicle adoption becomes more prevalent, so does the need for electric vehicle charging stations.  Our designs have integrated many charging solutions on the market, along with solar and storage to provide electric vehicles with a renewable source of energy, both day and night.

As lighting is integral to most solar parking canopy systems, photometrics are also necessary to ensure compliance with Title 24 and other lighting code for both public and private areas. We also provide analyses to determine the impact of the additional lighting on the existing electrical system, and offer services to prepare the necessary forms and calculations to successfully permit a new lighting system.

• Analysis of maximum fault current through system

• Determination of minimum ratings for adequate protection

• Calculations of maximum arc flash and required PPE

As safety is paramount to designing a successful and effective renewable energy system, we offer arc fault and arc flash calculations to ensure adequate protection of the system, as well as the personnel maintaining and interfacing with it. Our arc fault calculations determine the maximum amount of current the system will experience in the event of a fault, and our arc flash analysis ensures that anyone working with the system is notified of the appropriate level of personal protective equipment needed to keep them safe.

To achieve a higher level of protection in any solar or storage system, it is imperative to coordinate the major overcurrent protective devices. Coordination ensures the breakers, fuses, and relays can work together to clear a fault and minimize both damage to the equipment, as well as the threat of danger to maintenance personnel.

• Full designs for free-standing PV structures

• Design of support structures and footings

 Sample Designs:

Just as every solar system is unique to its application, sometimes a unique support structure is needed as well. Our structural engineers have years of experience designing solar support structures for parking lots, walkways, storage sheds, and ground mounted arrays. Our custom designs are engineered to withstand wind, seismic, and snow, from coastal regions to the Sierra Nevadas.

Our engineers have years of experience designing systems for schools, colleges, and public institutions of education, which, in California, all undergo a rigorous review process by the DSA. We know the ins and outs of the DSA’s unique review process, through which we have successfully sheparded many projects, from design to construction.

We leverage our partnerships through finance experts to provide a maximum benefit to our clients through power purchase agreements, leases, tax equity and sponsor investors:

• Investors, Banks, & Family Offices seeking to evaluate credit risks of a project while maximizing return thresholds through structure and management of capital

• Developers seeking to grow their business with access to capital to fund third party financed C&I projects

• Commercial and Industrial facilities seeking to reduce electricity costs but do not have the capital or the expertise to initiate