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PES has consulted for a variety of clients in capacities ranging from feasibility studies to development support. Following is a sampling some of our recent assignments.
NRG is one of the largest generators in the country, with over 20,000 net MW owned. PES has been working with NRG for the past two years in a variety of roles. Most recently, PES advised NRG in its submission of the winning bid to the New York Power Authority for re-powering of NRG’s Huntley Station with gasification technology. The New York Power Authority chose NRG’s Huntley project over other coal-based proposals in New York State, and NRG and NYPA are currently in advanced discussions regarding the project.
The relationship between PES and NRG started when NRG engaged PES to advise on the feasibility of re-powering several of its existing sites with gasification technology. PES made such recommendations on ten NRG sites, and in June 2006 submitted applications for federal tax credits for three sites to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Mittal Steel is the largest steelmaker in the world. Faced with spiraling energy costs, the company contracted PES to determine mitigation strategies involving gasification options at a selection of its United States plants. PES performed techno-economic studies of gasifing y large quantities (4,000-6,000 tpd) of petroleum coke or coal to produce substitute natural gas or syngas to fuel the steel plants’ boilers and hot strip mills. PES also analyzed costs and benefits involved in converting the steel mill burners to use syngas instead of natural gas.
PES assisted a large s of coal mine owner in located outside the USA to determine the feasibility of various uses for its vast reserves of low-rank lignite coal. PES’ recommendations included the potential production of Fischer-Tropsch liquids, substitute natural gas, methanol, and syngas. PES provided detailed financial models, technical assessments, and business case overviews for each production scenario.
PES assisted a large energy company in the selection of gasification technology to produce hydrogen from 6,000 tons per day of coal or petroleum coke. The hydrogen will be used in one of that company’s refineries.
PES provided strategic advisory services to assist a large energy company in determining appropriate uses for its planned increase in petroleum coke production. The client is upgrading several of its North American refineries to process heavier crude oil. PES studied the feasibility of a number of disposition options, ranging from marketing the coke to gasification. Gasification product options that PES evaluated included hydrogen, syngas, and substitute natural gas production.
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