Solar and Wind farms are often built on top of mesas, requiring drilling and blasting to construct roads for site access.

Dykon Blasting

PROJECT DETAILS

Dykon shot 74,547 cubic yards of rock on this solar farm mesa climb.  The tight working space and production schedule led to Dykon running a day shift and a night shift.  The drills drilled all day and shots were loaded at night and shot first thing in the morning.  This schedule allowed the project to be completed with no negative impact on the contractor’s quick schedule.

74,547
Cubic Yards of Mass Rock

Green Energy or Renewables is a fast-growing method of energy production.  Wind generator and solar electricity plants are being built all across the nation as our society transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.

Wind and solar power plants are typically constructed in remote, hard to access locations which require road construction.  Blasting is a far more cost effective and reliable method of rock excavation for these types of projects.  An access road to a wind turbine or solar site can take months to construct, but blasting can reduce road construction time to a few weeks instead.