Onshore Renewables
Curraglass Renewable Energy Development
Curraglass Renewable Energy Development is located between Kealkill & Ballingeary in Co. Cork
With a total of 7 wind turbine generators, this project is capable of generating over 20MW of energy.
We were commissioned to provide peat landslide assessment and preliminary engineer design services for this project.
Responsibilities
As lead geotechnical designer, we were responsible for:
- Site investigation
- Peat landslide hazard risk assessment
- Peat management planning
- Borrow pit appraisal and preliminary design
- Earthwork volume quantification
- Preliminary road design and engineering assessment
GDG worked closely with their client to provide a safe, sustainable and efficient design for this project which is located in rugged moorland characterised by steep topography, a thin layer of blanket bog and wet heath peat habitats.
Our team produced a detailed hazard map against peat failure for the entire site to inform site layout design. We reviewed the site gradients against turbine suppliers’ specifications to identify any constraints for road design.
Geoscience Ireland Companies Winners at ACEI Engineering Excellence Awards. The 2020 Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) awards ceremony took place on 30 September. Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions won the Overseas category for its Guatemala landslide hazard and risk pilot study (World Bank funded)
Onshore Renewables
Beinn an Tuirc III Wind Farm
Beinn an Tuirc Windfarm Phase III is located on the Kintyre Peninsula, Scotland.
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