New Approach Allows Suppliers to Reach 50 percent of the World’s Power
Generation Market
Large utilities are expanding through merger and acquisition. As a result,
100 power generators around the world buy more than 50 percent of the products
and services. These operators are expanding into wind, solar, biomass,
geothermal and other renewable fuels. They have distributed generation
initiatives. Many are making major investments to meet new environmental
regulatory requirements. There are thousands of challenging decisions which have
to be made. A new program is creating a unique path for decision makers to
combine the hurry-up habits of the IPhone and Facebook with the wisdom of “wise
crowd” decisions. The program for the first utility is now available.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
(BHE) includes PacifiCorp, NV Energy,
Mid-American, BHE Renewables, Northern and
Kern River Pipeline. The two pipeline companies transport 7
percent of the natural gas in the U.S. The power companies operate coal,
gas, hydro, solar, geothermal, biomass, wind and other renewables generators.
McIlvaine now has Berkshire Hathaway Energy Supplier and Utility Connect
to be used by suppliers as well as BHE personnel. It has details on every
one of the hundreds of power generators within the system. It fulfills the 4
knowledge needs: Alerts, Answers, Analysis and Advancement. It combines
44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions (Power
Plant Decisions Orchard) and
59D Gas Turbine and Reciprocating Engine Decisions
with the custom BHE program. This includes interfacing with hundreds of
BHE people indirectly through the Alerts, case histories, etc., and directly
through large and small webinars.
Function |
Customer |
Applications |
Processes |
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Products
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Sales
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Service
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Engineering
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Manufacturing
Consulting
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Resource planning
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Regulatory
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Automation
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Operations
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Plant design |
WA, OR, UT, WY, IA and
non-regulated in many states and
the Philippines |
Coal
Wind
Biomass
Energy Recovery
Gas
Hydro
Geothermal
Gas Transmission |
Water
Intake
Cooling
Ultrapure
Water
Ground Water
Gas Pipeline
Gas Storage
Compressor Station |
Steam
Combustion
Wastewater
Fire Protection
Lubrication
Heat Recovery
FGD
Solid Waste
Solid Handling |
The website has constantly updated data on each power generation, energy
recovery and gas storage and transmission system operated by BHE. It also has
details on all the larger industrial facilities in Iowa and the western states
where BHE has electricity delivery. It includes all the facilities owned
by BHE Renewables. Information on the compressor stations and power
generators also includes the air permits with detailed regulatory information.
The coal-fired power plant information includes details on the furnaces,
burners, coal size reduction, ID fans, heat recovery steam generators, SCR,
particulate control, FGD, wastewater, ash disposal and instrumentation.
The gas turbine data includes details on the gas and steam turbines, inlet air
systems, emission control systems, HRSGs and water and wastewater treatment.
The Alerts, webinars and other communication tools provided to suppliers assure
an audience at power plants around the world.
For more information on Supplier and Utility Connect. 4S01, click
on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/28-energy/1185-4s01
Utility E-Alert Tracks Billions of Dollars of New Coal-fired Power Plants on a
Weekly Basis
UTILITY E-ALERT
Here are some Headlines from the Utility E-Alert –
#1294 – October 14, 2016
Table of Contents
COAL – US
• Columbia Power Plant in
Wisconsin to get more Pollution Controls in $110 Million Project
• Georgia Power making
progress on Ash Pond closures
• Duke Energy to recycle
Coal Ash at Buck Steam Station in Salisbury, North Carolina
• Minnesota approves Plan
to close State’s largest Coal Plant
• Kemper Power Plant makes
Power with Gas from Coal for First Time
COAL – WORLD
• Coal Quality in India
• Acwa Group preferred
bidder for South Africa Power Plant
• Amec Foster Wheeler wins
Contract for Second CFB Unit in the Philippines
• Adaro Energy Coal-fired
Power Plant on Track
• Bangladesh seeking $13
Billion Loan from China for Power Projects
The
41F Utility E-Alert
is issued weekly and covers the coal-fired projects, regulations and other
information important to the suppliers. It is $950/yr. but is included in the
$3020
42EI Utility Tracking System
which has data on every plant and project plus networking directories and many
other features.
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
DATE |
HOT TOPIC HOUR
AND DECISION
GUIDE SCHEDULE
The opportunity
to interact on
important issues |
TBA
Markets |
Food
- Analysis
of 12 separate
applications within food and
beverage with analysis of valve,
pump, compressor, filter,
analyzer and chemical options;
impact of new technologies such
as forward osmosis. |
TBA
Markets |
Municipal Wastewater
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Quality of pumps, valves,
filters, and analyzers in
Chinese and Asian plants; new
pollutant challenges; water
purification for reuse. |
TBA
Markets |
Mobile Emissions
-Reduction
in CO, VOCs, and particulate in
fuels, oils, and air used in on
and off road vehicles; impact
of RDE and failure of NOx
traps and the crisis in Europe
created by the focus on clean
diesel. |
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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext. 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com