Generation

Offshore Wind

GZA provides turnkey waterfront and coastal engineering, design and permitting services tailored to the specific needs of offshore wind development. We have provided geotechnical services for 12 offshore wind farm projects, including Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States.

Solar

Our technical skill and knowledge of the solar industry and local practices/priorities have provided our clients with helpful insight and technical resources in the planning, permitting and/or design of over 1,000 solar facilities.

Hydropower

GZA has 55+ years of dam safety engineering on over 1,000 dams combined with in-house hydropower engineering services on 40 kW to 900 MW projects including FERC relicensing, permitting, environmental studies, inspections, design, and construction-phase services. GZA has multiple FERC-Approved Independent Consultants for Part 12 Dam Safety Inspections, and we are currently assisting multiple clients with both Periodic Inspections and Comprehensive Assessments under the updated FERC regulations.

Nuclear

GZA has successfully completed over 120 projects with owners and nuclear engineering firms, providing geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, civil engineering, hydrology/hydraulic engineering, geological, Post Fukushima flood hazard reevaluations and environmental services. Our nuclear plant experience and success pursuant to Nuclear Quality Program 10 CFR 50, Appendix B will be valuable as many plants enter decommissioning and investments are made in modern designs for advanced reactor technologies and small modular reactors.

Fossil

Demolition and redevelopment of our aging fossil plants provide valuable opportunities to interconnect renewable resources and construct modern natural gas-fired units to bridge us to a cleaner and more sustainable energy future. Our environmental assessment and remediation professionals can assist in achieving regulatory closure while striving to evaluate remedial alternatives to identify potential cost saving strategies and efficiencies.

Biomass

GZA’s decades-long experience in the permitting, licensing, design, and monitoring of landfills, as well as our core energy asset management services for pipeline and industrial facilities has proven a valuable combination in assisting our clients in generating renewable biomass energy.

Geothermal

GZA has assisted government agencies, architects, schools/colleges, and developers permit, design, and construct ground-source heat pump systems and well fields, including logging hundreds of thousands of linear feet of geothermal wells.