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.
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Function |
Customer |
Applications |
Processes |
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Products
Sales
Service
Engineering
Manufacturing
Consulting
Resource planning
Regulatory
Automation
Operations
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
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 NOx 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.
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Monitoring and Automation Market
Potential with Berkshire
Hathaway Energy
(annual market over next five
years) |
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|
Application |
U.S. Controls and
Automation Total |
Direct BHE
Market
$ Million |
Indirect
Market
$ Millions |
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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.
Details on the program are shown at:
4S01 Berkshire Hathaway Energy Supplier and Utility
Connect
New Approach allows Subscribers to Reach the Summit of the Mountain of
Information on Coal-fired Boilers
The available information on combustion, flow control, treatment and
environmental compliance for coal-fired power plants is doubling every few
years. Finding the most current and relevant information is now more
challenging than climbing Mt. Everest.
The four knowledge needs are Alerts, Answers, Analysis, and Advancement.
These needs are served in a number of unique ways in McIlvaine’s PPAQD
Coal-fired Power Plant Decisions. The system is free of charge to any
power plant in the world. This wide reach makes it very important to
suppliers who add considerable value with their input.
Alerts:
The service includes six alerts and newsletters.
Answers: The intelligence system includes thousands of pages of papers,
articles and power point presentations. The coverage is international.
Many developments in one country are not known in other countries. A
system used by power plant owners and suppliers in all countries assures better
information exchange.
Analysis:
There are regularly scheduled webinars. Hundreds of hours of recorded
webinars can be immediately retrieved. A number of LinkedIn discussion
groups have been created. They include individual air pollution control
technologies such as fabric filtration and dry scrubbing. There are
separate groups covering each component e.g. valve, instrumentation and groups
organized around processes such as coal combustion residues and wastewater
treatment.
The webinars provide ways to aggregate and analyze the data being added in the
LinkedIn discussion groups. The intelligence system provides the
foundation for discussion group participants.
One of the primary goals is to make it easier for power plants to make total
cost of ownership analyses at reasonable cost. The system includes white
papers and identifies experts who can make contributions.
Advancement:
The recorded webinars and the intelligence system are very valuable as training
tools. They can be utilized for basic training or keeping the most senior people
current with new developments.
For more information, click on:
44I Power Plant Air Quality Decisions (Power
Plant Decisions Orchard)
Gas Turbine Owners Will Spend $313 Billion for Equipment, Repairs and Service
Next Year
Gas turbine owners will spend $87 billion for new plants and $226 billion for
service and repair in 2017. This is the latest forecast in 59EI
Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Supplier Program.
The Americas and Asia will each spend more than Europe and Africa combined.
GTCC plants are challenged by the rapid cycling required. Wind and solar
are playing an increasing role in power generation but their operations are not
constant. As a result, the GTCC plants are operated to balance the
fluctuating contribution from other sources. Flow accelerated corrosion and
other problems are being addressed. Operators are being assisted in
dealing with these problems in another McIlvaine service 59 D Gas Turbine
and Reciprocating Engine Decisions. Subscribers to the supplier
program also receive 59 D at no extra cost.
This service includes webinars, white papers and LinkedIn discussions on
components and consumables for both gas turbine and reciprocating engine
decisions. The goal of this service is to help purchasers make the lowest
total cost of ownership decisions. It is free of charge to any turbine owner
worldwide. Suppliers who subscribe have the opportunity to participate in
the discussions.
The market forecasts are continually updated in the supplier program.
Biweekly updates in the supplier program alert the subscriber to new projects.
A database of new projects by start-up date and details on all operating turbine
plants provide information needed by the sales team. The LinkedIn groups
in the decisions program provide the customer contact and insights for
engineering and research.
Here are Some Headlines from the Utility E-Alert – November 18, 2016
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1299 – November 18, 2016
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
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.
Daily Project Posting in McIlvaine Oil, Gas, Refining Supplier Program
Oil/Gas/Shale/Refining Market
E-Alert
October 2016 – No. 2
This alert is being issued twice per month for suppliers in flow control and
treatment who are coordinating market research with targeted pursuit of the
larger and longer term orders.
Many of the articles deal with specific projects which have been selected
because
each will result in millions of dollars of orders for flow control and treatment
products. Each project has been rated. The opportunity size is rated from 1-10
with 1 being small and 10 being very large. The timing for flow and treatment
orders has been provided by year, e.g. T 16 = timing of order is 2016.
You can access all the data from the home page of
Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects
in a number of ways. To see the most current entries just click on “title”. You
can search by many different decisive classifications but also with a global
search which when you enter any word will display all the articles with that
word in the summary.
(Listed by most current date)
Trudeau Unveils Carbon Price as Canada Acts on Paris Pledge
Revision Date:
10/27/2016
Tags:
221112 - Fossil Fuel
化石燃料,
Emissions Reduction, Environmental Protection, Carbon Emissions, Cap and Trade,
Carbon Tax, Canada
Indian Oil Corp to Boost Panipat Refinery Expansion Plan for $2.3 Bln
Revision Date:
10/27/2016
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries
石油精炼,
Indian Oil Corp, Growth, Demand, Expansion, Refining, Production Capacity, India
Pertamina and Rosneft Plan $12 Bln Refinery and Petrochemical Hub Deal that
could Change Indonesia’s Downstream Sector
Revision Date:
10/27/2016
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries
石油精炼,
325110 - Petrochemical Manufacturing
石化产品生产,
Pertamina, Rosneft, Enerdata Singapore, Downstream, Joint Venture, Refining,
Feasibility Study, Engineering, Design, Indonesia
UK Government Gives Go-Ahead for Fracking in NW England
Revision Date:
10/27/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
British Geological Survey, UKOOG, Cuadrilla Resources, Wells, Energy,
Development, Hydraulic Fracturing, Exploration, Drilling, UK
Iraq Oil Minister Says It Is Necessary to Restart Baiji Refinery
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries
石油精炼,
North Oil Co (NOC), Generator, Refining, Restart, Assessment, Rehabilitation,
Study, Investment, Rebuild, Iraq
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Ichthys Project Consultancy (T16)
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Amec Foster Wheeler, INPEX, FPSO, Contract, Assessment, Consulting,
Liquefaction, Australia, South Korea
Aramco Plans to Invest $334 Bln to Maintain Oil Capacity by 2025
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Saudi Aramco, Equipment, Pipelines, Investment, Manufacture anufacturing
Flexibility, Pipeline, Development, Exploration, Drilling, Saudi Arabia
Thai PTTEP to Invest at Least $1.7 Bln in 2017 to Maintain Output (08, T16)
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
PTTEP, Production, Cost Reduction, Output, Thailand
Egypt Signs Three Petroleum Agreements with Investments of $595 Mln (07)
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Egyptian General Petroleum Corp, IEOC, BP, Wells, Agreement, Production,
Exploration, Drilling, Investment, Egypt
Saipem Awarded $430 Mln New Onshore Drilling Contracts (07)
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Saipem, Drilling Rigs, Contracts, Onshore, Offshore, Drilling, Saudi Arabia,
South America
Iraq Oil Minister to Make an Urgent Plan to Restart Kayiara Fields
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
324110 - Petroleum Refineries
石油精炼,
North Oil Co (NOC), Wells, Planning, Production, Rebuild, Refining, Restart,
Rehabilitation, Iraq
Four New Wells Commissioned at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnoye Field
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Gazpromneft Shelf, Injection Wells, Wells, Rigs, Platform, Capacity, Production,
Commissioning, Development, Expansion, Drilling, Russia
Sri Lanka to Build 100,000 bpd Refinery with India
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries
石油精炼,
Indian Oil Corp, Ceylon Petroleum Corp, Lanka IOC, Storage Tanks, Contract,
Refining, Bidding, Refurbish, Export, Sri Lanka
GE Oil & Gas Signs Landmark Contract with PDO
Revision Date:
10/26/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
GE Oil & Gas, Petroleum Development Oman, Equipment, Pumps, Maintenance,
Servicing, Oman
The Basics of a Compressor Station/Prince Rupert Natural Gas Transmission
Pipeline Project
Revision Date:
10/25/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
TransCanada, Pipeline, Compressor Stations, Pipeline, Transmission, Compression,
Canada
Natural Gas Pipeline Technology Overview
Revision Date:
10/25/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Argonne National Laboratory, Compressor Stations, Pipeline, Steel Pipe,
Compression, Transmission, Pipeline, USA
Neste Jacobs Delivers Energy Efficiency to Borealis Porvoo Site
Revision Date:
10/25/2016
Tags:
324110 - Petroleum Refineries
石油精炼,
Neste Jacobs, Borealis, Production Units, Technology, Energy Efficiency,
Refining, Finland
Spectra Energy Says Rapid Corrosion, Other Factors Led to Salem Pipeline
Explosion in April
Revision Date:
10/25/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Spectra Energy, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,
Pipeline, Coating, Welds, Compressor Stations, Technology, Coating, Compression,
Welding, Investigation, Repairs, Testing, Re-evaluation, Corrosion, Pipeline,
Analysis, Inspection, USA
Northern Lights, North Branch Compressor Station, Air Emissions Permit
Revision Date:
10/21/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Northern Natural Gas Co, Compressor Stations, Engine, Generator, Gas Turbine,
Permitting, Compression, Pipeline, Gas-fired, USA
Northern Lights, Hugo Compressor Station, Air Emissions Permit
Revision Date:
10/21/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Northern Natural Gas Co, Compressor Stations, Gas Turbine, Pipeline, Generator,
Pipeline, Permitting, Gas-fired, Compression, USA
Northern Lights, Albert Lea Compressor Station, Air Emissions Permit
Revision Date:
10/21/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Northern Natural Gas Co, Compressor Stations, Gas Turbine, Generator, Pipeline,
Gas-fired, Pipeline, Compression, Permitting, USA
Northern Lights, Owatonna Compressor Station, Air Emissions Permit
Revision Date:
10/21/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Northern Natural Gas Co, Generator, Gas Turbine, Pipeline, Compressor Stations,
Pipeline, Compression, Permitting, Gas-fired, USA
Northern Lights, Farmington Compressor Station, Air Emissions Permit
Revision Date:
10/20/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Gas Turbine, Engine, Generator, Compressor Stations, Pipeline, Gas-fired,
Permitting, Pipeline, Compression, USA
Northern Lights, Faribault Compressor Station, Air Emissions Permit
Revision Date:
10/20/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Northern Natural Gas Co, Compressor, Pipeline, Engine, Gas Turbine, Generator,
Modification, Construction, Gas-fired, Permitting, Pipeline, Compression, USA
Apex Expansion Project, Final Environmental Impact Statement
Revision Date:
10/19/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Valves, Pipeline, Compressor Stations, Gas
Turbine, Pipeline, Modification, Compression, Permitting, USA, USA, USA, USA
Painter Creek Compressor Station, Title V Final Permit
Revision Date:
10/19/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Compressor Stations, Gas Turbine, Pipeline,
Compression, Permitting, Pipeline, USA
Painter Compressor Station Statement of Basis
Revision Date:
10/18/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Compressor Stations, Solar Turbine Engine,
Heaters, Furnace, Pipeline System, Compression, Pipeline, Permitting, USA
Veyo Compressor Station Title 5 Operating Permit
Revision Date:
10/18/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Gas Turbine, Gas Turbine, Generator, Heater,
Pipeline, Compressor Stations, Pipeline, Gas-fired, Permitting, Compression, USA
Muddy Creek Compressor Station, Tile V Final Permit
Revision Date:
10/18/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Gas Turbine, Compressor Station, Pipeline,
Pipeline, Compression, Permitting, USA
Northern Lights 2017 Expansion Project
Revision Date:
10/17/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Northern Natural Gas Co, Compressor Stations,
Pipeline, Gas Turbine, Gas-fired, Expansion, Construction, Pipeline,
Compression, USA
BHE PIPELINE GROUP Overview
Revision Date:
10/17/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Kern River Gas Transmission Co, BHE Pipeline Group,
Northern Natural Gas Co, Pipeline, Compressor Stations, Construction, Pipeline,
Expansion, Compression, USA
Kern River Gas Transmission Company
Revision Date:
10/17/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Pipeline, Compressor
Stations, Pipeline, Compression, Construction, Expansion, USA, USA, USA, USA
Kern River APEX Expansion Project
Revision Date:
10/17/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Universal Ensco, Pipeline, Compressor Stations,
Expansion, Pipeline, Compression, Construction, USA, USA, USA, USA
Kern River Informational Postings
Revision Date:
10/17/2016
Tags:
211111 - Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
原油和天然气开采,
Kern River Gas Transmission Co, Compressor Stations, Pipeline, Pipeline,
Operations, Compression, USA, USA, USA, USA
Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext. 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
www.mcilvainecompany.com