Case Studies

The new UCLA South Bay campus in Rancho Palos Verdes and Villas in San Pedro are situated close to the Pacific Ocean and near the largest port complexes in the world, and the academic focus of the new campus will appropriately be sustainability, climate change and environmental justice. The microgrid project at The Villas will put these ideas into action by adding renewable generation and local storage to reduce emissions and improve grid resilience. The project applies cutting edge load modeling and energy planning to increase efficiency and promote further research with real-world impacts.

ADEPT has worked closely with multiple harbor craft operators to understand roadblocks to deployment of zero emissions vessels. Intelligently designed and located charging stations are key to unlocking the energy transition in harbor craft. ADEPT has designed a solar- and hydrogen-based microgrid to charge a hybrid diesel-electric tugboat. ADEPT has collaborated with the port and vessel operators to identify ideal station locations and draft preliminary concept designs.

This demonstration floating solar project at POLA will provide local power generation to support the grid in enabling the transition to zero-emissions at cargo terminals in the port. This project demonstrates viability of floating photovoltaics on the west coast of the United States while also studying ongoing impacts of floating solar on eelgrass.

Technology Transfer | Strategic Consulting | Project Management

ADEPT worked with a client to establish their high altitude wind power technologies in North America to be utilized in both electrical power generation and direct propulsion of ocean-going vessels. ADEPT engaged to assist in demonstration projects, and to further develop and commercialize the technologies for the North American market. 

Technology Transfer | Technical Consulting | Strategic Consulting

ADEPT is engaged with European clients to integrate their drone-based technologies for various platforms to be used in applications such as high-accuracy rapid assessment of operational and equipment deficiencies in utility scale PV and wind turbines, measurement of ocean-going vessel stack emissions for air quality regulatory enforcement, and monitoring of landfill gas emissions. (Ongoing)

Technical Project Management | R&D

Measurement of liquid levels inside pressure vessels generally requires measurement devices to be exposed to the potentially hazardous interior of the vessel and/or relies on the release of pressurized product to the environment.

ADEPT worked with its client to license existing technologies and managed R&D of novel, related methods in ultrasonic sensing to develop commercial devices that accurately and non-invasively measure the level of propane within tanks, resulting in minimized operational impact, improved safety, and the elimination of GHG emissions.

Strategic Consulting | Technical Consulting | Technology Development

A water-in-diesel emulsified fuel was developed by our client, a multinational oil company, to mitigate the emissions of specific pollutants from heavy duty diesel-powered vehicles.

ADEPT worked with our client to bring the product to the US, including technical assistance in the comprehensive testing and certification process by state regulators, R&D work on methods to measure fuel quality, and strategy consulting to become established and commercialize the product North America.

Technology Transfer

Gas utility clients in Canada and the US were struggling with pipeline corrosion as a result of sub-optimal application of outdated cathodic protection methods.

ADEPT understood technologies being applied overseas, and worked with a European utility to license and bring these technologies and optimized methods to their North American gas utility counterparts, resulting in safer and more cost effective operations for its clients.