EVS, Inc.

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About the firm

EVS, Inc. is a national multidiscipline engineering firm headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, exclusively serving the utility-scale renewable energy market. Founded in 1979, EVS provides civil, electrical, structural, geotechnical, substation, transmission, and land surveying services for utility-scale solar plants, battery energy storage systems (BESS), substations, and transmission lines across the United States. EVS has designed over 32 GW of solar projects and 13+ GWh of battery storage, and operates EVS FastTrack, a proprietary solar site optimization platform for automated grading and layout. It serves owners, developers, and EPCs as a one-stop-shop engineering partner.

Established
1979
Firm type
Civil Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Structural Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering · Land Surveying · Power & Utility Engineering

People

Dennis KimChairman of the Board

Andy KimPresident

Sohan DasExecutive Vice President

Paul VogelVP of Finance & Administration

Mike KoesterVice President of Operations

Rob KackSenior Director of Civil, Structural, Geotech, Survey

Michael CarlsonSenior Director of Electrical Engineering

Capabilities

Civil Engineering

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Site grading, earthwork, stormwater management, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, water resources, NPDES permitting, and construction-ready site layouts for solar and energy projects.

  • Solar Site Design & Grading
  • Water Resources Engineering
    • Flood Response
    • Recovery
    • Stormwater CIP Planning
    • Watershed Studies
    • Stormwater Master Planning
    • Green Infrastructure Planning
    • Design
  • Stormwater & NPDES Permitting

Electrical Engineering

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Power study engineering, collection systems, electrical grounding design, and electrical studies for solar, BESS, and grid interconnection projects.

  • Power Studies

    Steady state and dynamic studies for interconnection and substation design.

  • Electrical Grounding Design

Substation Engineering

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Physical, protection & control (P&C), structural, and civil substation design from 12.5kV to 500kV+; includes greenfield, retrofit, and tight urban substations.

Transmission Engineering

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  • Greenfield Transmission Line Design
  • Reconductoring
  • Rebuilds
  • Voltage
  • Capacity Upgrades
  • System Hardening
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Line Routing
  • Construction Support

Structural Engineering

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  • Structural Design For Utility-scale Solar Projects
  • Steel Tonnage Estimation
  • Multidisciplinary Project Work

Geotechnical Engineering

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Land Surveying

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  • Traditional Surveys
  • Drone Lidar
  • Photogrammetry
  • Preliminary Surveys For Solar Site Projects

SCADA Engineering

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Design and delivery of SCADA software systems for electrical utilities and renewable energy projects.

EVS FastTrack - Solar Site Optimization

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  • Proprietary Platform For Automated Solar Array Grading
  • PV Layout Optimization
  • Instant Steel Tonnage Estimation
  • Electrical Grounding Mitigation Analysis

Industries

Solar · Energy Storage · Power Transmission & Distribution · Renewable Energy · Wind · Defense · Stormwater & Flood Control

Projects

Noble Solar

Denton County, TX · Solar

Project details

385 MW DC / 275 MW AC solar with 125 MWh AC Coupled BESS

Mockingbird Solar

Lamar County, TX · Solar

Project details

660 MW DC / 400 MW AC solar project

Five Wells Solar

Bell County, TX · Solar

Project details

432 MW DC / 320 MW AC solar project

Fifth Standard Solar

Fresno County, CA · Solar

Project details

197 MW DC / 150 MW AC solar with 687 MWh AC coupled BESS

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