October 2016 - Power Air Quality Insights 274

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Will Spend $184 Million for Air Filtration and Air Pollution Control Next Year

Berkshire Hathaway has acquired and merged a number of power and gas transmission companies. It has also created BHE Renewables. The group now known as Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) will spend $184 million on average for air filtration and air pollution control over the next five years. Because of its distributed generation and certain other activities in the areas where it supplies electricity, it will indirectly influence purchases of as much as $41 million annually from small generators from whom it is buying electricity or with whom it is collaborating. The connection involves EPCs and consultants each of whom are specifying or buying air treatment equipment and reagents for multiple utilities. So, the market potential is much larger than just what BHE buys. Also, if the system results in successful early adoption of new technologies the impact on air treatment sales will be widespread.

Air Pollution Control and Air Filtration Market Potential with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (annual market over next five years)
Application	U.S. Total $ Million	Direct BHE Market $ Million	Indirect Market $ Millions
7% of the U.S. gas transmission and storage with 71 compressor stations and more in planning with intake filters and emission control on engines and turbines.	100	9
41 coal-fired units with environmental upgrades and retirements including a $700 million NO_x control program and purchases of urea, lime, limestone, etc.	2,000	140
125 gas turbines and more in planning with inlet filters and emission control.	400	28
190 wind turbines including those providing electricity to BHE. More than 3000 MW of additional turbines in planning (ambient air filters).	20	2
111 geothermal plants in served states- H₂S removal.	70	3	3
21 hydro plants with environmental upgrades and expansion into Philippines-pump driver filters.	10	0	1
45 biomass plants in served states.	40	1	3
40 methane fueled generators at land fill and other sources in served states.	20	0	2
111 solar plants in served states and more being planned by BHE Renewables as IPP.	2	0	1
Energy recovery at compressor stations and Currant Creek (tomato production) with more planned.	30	1	1
130 large industrial boilers in served states.	400		30
Total		184	41

McIlvaine is providing a connection system for suppliers so that the process of decision making can be quicker, less costly, and result in early adoption of newer and better technologies.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Will Spend $100 Million For Monitoring and Automation Next Year

Berkshire Hathaway has acquired and merged a number of power and gas transmission companies. It has also created BHE Renewables. The group now known as Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) will spend $100 million per year on average for monitoring and automation over the next five years. Because of its distributed generation and certain other activities in the areas where it supplies electricity, it will indirectly influence monitoring purchases of as much as $41 million annually from small generators from whom it is buying electricity or with whom it is collaborating. A large automation program associated with NO_x reduction is under consideration for four coal-fired units. In general, BHE is emphasizing improved efficiency while lowering emissions and expects to use smart sensors and neural networks.

The connection involves EPCs and consultants each of whom are specifying or buying monitors and controls for multiple utilities. So, the market potential is much larger than just what BHE buys. Also, if the system results in successful early adoption of new technologies the impact on sales will be widespread.

Monitoring and Automation Market Potential with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (annual market over next five years)
Application	U.S. Controls and Automation Total $ Million	Direct BHE Market $ Million	Indirect Market $ Millions
7% of the U.S. gas transmission, and storage with 71 compressor stations and more in planning.	400	28
41 coal-fired units with environmental upgrades and retirements.	300	21
125 gas turbines and more in planning.	400	30
190 wind turbines including those providing electricity to BHE. More than 3000 MW of additional turbines in planning.	100	2
111 geothermal plants in served states	100	7	4
21 hydro plants with environmental upgrades and expansion into Philippines.	90	8	8
45 biomass plants in served states.	30	1	2
40 methane fueled generators at land fill and other sources in served states.	20	0	2
111 solar plants n served states and more being planned by BHE renewable as IPP.	20	0	3
Energy recovery at compressor stations and Currant Creek (tomato production) with more planned.	40	3	2
130 large industrial boilers in served states.	200		20
Total		100	41

McIlvaine is providing a system for suppliers to connect with utilities so that the process of decision making can be quicker, less costly, and result in early adoption of newer and better technologies such as smarter sensors.

Utility E-Alert Tracks Billions of Dollars of New Coal-fired Power Plants on a Weekly Basis

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.

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 - 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 NO_x traps and the crisis in Europe created by the focus on clean diesel.