Nathan Franzen

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Nathan Franzen
Director, Solar Energy
nathan.franzen@
westwoodps.com
Main: 888-937-5150
Direct: 952-697-5701


Solar and Wind Project Experience

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Solar Energy Projects

Westwood has supported the development of solar energy projects across America.

 
Project: Alamosa Solar Farm   Project: Dobco Solar Projects
Client: Mortenson Construction   Client: Dobco, Inc.
Scope: 30MW Concentrated Photovoltaic Dual Axis Tracker   Scope: 3.5MW fix tilt photovoltaic solar
Location: Alamosa, Colorado   Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey
Services provided included construction staking, as-built drawings.    Services included construction observation, performance ratio testing, I-V curve testing and shading analysis.

 

Project: Stillwater Solar   Project:  Saint John’s Solar Farm
Client: Enel Green Power North America   Client: Best Power, Intl
Scope: 20MW fix tilt photovoltaic solar   Scope: 400kW, 3 acre site
Location: Churchill, Nevada   Location:  Saint John’s Abbey and University, Minnesota
Services included ATLA and topographic survey, geotechnical evaluation, solar site plan and layout, preliminary hydrology, preliminary grading, visualization, reflectivity study and Conditional Use Permit assistance.    Services included site selection, rezoning, Conditional Use Permit, civil engineering, electrical engineering, land and solar lease agreement, utility interconnection design and coordination, solar equipment procurement, and contractor management.

 

Project: Navajo County Solar    Project: Car Charging Stations
Client: Iberdrola Renewables    Client: City of St. Paul
Scope: 20MW linear axis photovoltaic solar plant    Scope: 2kW fixed tilt, 2 Coulomb Charge Point Stations
Location: Navajo County, Arizona    Location:  St. Paul, Minnesota
Services included solar site plan and layout, analysis of hydrologic conditions, vendor coordination and grading plan.  

Services included site plan, system design, integration, structural design coordination, electrical design, utility interconnect design and coordination, RFP creation and management and onsite construction observation. 


 

Project: Minneapolis Convention Center   Project:  Georgia Solar
Client: Minneapolis Convention Center/City of Minneapolis   Client: Georgia Renewable Power, Inc.
Scope: 600kW Rooftop Solar   Scope: 2.8MW, fix tilt photovoltaic system
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota   Location: Murphy, North Carolina

Services included site selection, rezoning, ordinance modification, Conditional Use Permit, land and solar lease agreement, utility interconnection, solar equipment procurement, and contractor management.

 

Services included final testing and commissioning, performance ratio testing, I-V curve testing and shading analysis.


 

Project: Xcel Center Ramp   Project:  Calico Solar Project
Client: City of Saint Paul   Client: California Energy Commission
Scope: 90kW fix tilt photovoltaic system   Scope: 663MW linear axis photovoltaic power plant
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota   Location:  Barstow, CA

Services included system design and integration, structural design coordination, electrical design, utility interconnect design and coordination, RFP creation and management and onsite construction observation. 

  Prepare documents and plans for review and  approval, including analysis of hydrologic conditions, technology assessment, solar site plan and layout, civil site design and railroad easement coordination.