Renewable engineering

In an industry, where attention to detail, efficient design, and early identification of development risks are critical, Wood’s experienced and multidisciplinary renewables team offers tailored engineering support throughout every stage of project development.

Our comprehensive engineering services are designed to meet the specific needs of each project, regardless of its size or complexity. From managing essential permitting and environmental studies to delivering advanced civil, mechanical, electrical, and power systems engineering, we bring value across the entire project lifecycle.

Engineering Design Services

Wood distinguishes itself in the clean energy market by combining legacy EPC expertise with tailored engineering and design services. From early-stage feasibility studies to detailed design and construction phase support, Wood delivers value at every stage of the project development lifecycle. Our services include engineering across civil, electrical, and structural disciplines, PV design, environmental and access permitting, surveying, hydrological studies, stormwater management, along with SCADA, fire suppression, and others specialty disciplines. With extensive experience in the Americas, we optimize designs to reduce costs, accelerate delivery, and ensure project success. Our design team places a strong focus on technology and maintains strong relationships with dozens of established and new to the market OEMs. Our designers leverage their EPC experience to produce layouts that are constructible and optimized.

Wood's services encompass:

• PV and BESS Layouts
• Energy Yield Analysis
• Decommissioning Planning
• Technical Equipment Selection
• Procurement Support
• Fire Safety Support

Civil and Structural Engineering

Our civil experts leverage their legacy EPC experience to ensure constructability, operations, and site optimization are forefront in all design decisions. Our team of civil engineers have extensive expertise in earthwork optimization, working with all Tier 1 racking vendors, and implementing terrain following trackers to reduce earthwork and minimize the land disturbance. Our Civil engineers have experience working with various jurisdictions and stakeholders to successfully acquire CUP/SUP permits, NPDES permits, SWPPPS, USACE permits, and any local building permits. Our Structural Engineers have extensive experience with racking foundation designs and pile optimization. Our Structural Team also has expertise in high voltage and medium voltage equipment foundation designs. We deliver optimized, sustainable solutions that meet the highest industry standards.

Our team offers:

• Constraints Analysis
• Site Plan Design
• Grading & Earthwork Design
• Stormwater Design
• Erosion and Sediment Control Design
• Agrivoltaics / Pollinator requirements
• Landscaping plan
• SWPPPs
• SPCCs
• Permitting and Regulatory Compliance
• Racking design and pile optimization
• Balance of plant pile design
• Shallow foundation design
• Corrosion studies

Electrical Engineering

Wood offers comprehensive electrical engineering services for clean energy projects, including electrical/power system design, grid interconnection, power distribution, and energy storage. We optimize our electrical design to meet both Client and regulatory requirements while adhering to the applicable electrical codes for reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability, delivering innovative solutions that meet industry standards.

We provide:

• Interconnection Application Submittal
• Power System Studies
  • Utility Interconnection Support
  • Power and Reactive Power
  • Short circuit
  • Transient and Dynamic stability
  • Cable Ampacity
  • Arc flash
  • Protection coordination
• Physical Designs
  • Medium Voltage Cable Routing
  • Collector System/Substation SLDs
  • HV Substation and Transmission
  • AC Underground Power Distribution
  • AC Overhead Power Distribution
  • DC cable management and design
• Procurement Support
  • Electrical Equipment Specifications
  • Bid Support
  • Equipment RFQ packages
  • Equipment PO packages
  • MTOs and BOMs
  • FAT/Vendor Documentation Review