Solar & Wind Farm Development
With the recent additional incentives for developing over Abandoned Mine Lands (AMLs), developers have started to look more towards using AMLs for their projects. While the incentives to revitalizing coal communities are high, decision makers for Solar or Wind farm projects should account for any potential subsidence or settlements (sinking mass movements) that are caused by geological instabilities in these aging, decrepit mines.
MEA has extensive experience in helping numerous clients in the energy industry with assessing and mitigating the risks involved in the development of solar and wind farms above active and abandoned mines. With decades of empirical data gained from over 44 years in the industry, MEA has developed a statistical model capable of predicting the frequency and magnitude of subsidence events over the lifespan of the project.
MEA also provides comprehensive engineering solutions to battery energy storage projects.
For more information on specific projects related to this topic, please read the following MEA Blog Posts:
Energy Development Services
- Solar Farms
- Wind Farms
- Battery Storage
- Pipelines
Laboratory Testing
- Compression Testing
- Rock Hardness Evaluation
- Soil and Rock Engineering Properties
- Swell Testing
Solar/Wind Services
- Feasibility Studies
- Tracker Array Design
- Computation Analysis and Modeling
- Substation placement
- Geologic Engineering Conditions
- Photovoltaic subsidence prediction
- Subsidence Investigations
- Sinkhole mitigation
- Ground Stability Analysis
