Natural Gas Generation
Natural gas is the backbone of conventional generation in the North American market. It’s also the bridge to a decarbonized future, working in tandem with solar, carbon capture and hydrogen production systems that feed next-generation clean power mandates. The affordability of natural gas makes it a primary choice for new fossil generation — for today and tomorrow.
Driven by factors including coal plant retirements, data center and manufacturing facility demand, renewable load following and government programs, the demand for power generation continues to grow. The Energy Information Administration predicts 40% growth in gas generation between 2022 and 2050, leading to greater competition for equipment and labor. The flexibility and dispatchability of natural gas makes it a critical part of the resource mix as renewable generation grows and grid-scale storage capacity ramps up.
Experience & Capabilities for Successful Project Delivery
Our self-perform construction capabilities allow the project owner and team to own the critical path to construction, streamlining the permitting process and coordinating engineering and construction timelines. We can execute construction through our open-shop construction arm or our union subsidiary, AZCO, depending on the needs of your project. Throughout, the whole team is focused on finding cost- and time-saving solutions.
No program is too big or project too small. We can guide your gas and heavy industrial power initiative through regulatory uncertainty, emerging technology integration — including carbon capture and hydrogen — and supply chain challenges. As the recurring top-ranked firm in power according to Engineering News-Record, we bring decades of experience in gas turbine generation to your projects. We have more than 1,200 staff members who work on gas generation projects, from 3-D modeling to design to integrated engineer-procure-construct (EPC) project delivery. We have worked in extremely challenging EPC environments, finding solutions that meet your budget, schedule and space limitations.
Our AZCO subsidiary also brings extensive pipe prefabrication capabilities, managing long-lead construction items. Our shops can complete pipe prefabrication in a range of materials, including carbon steel, stainless steel and alloys. Our skilled craft can assemble the completed components in the shop, gaining efficiencies in the field. We have the capacity to deliver up to 600 spools per week, with just-in-time scheduling to improve safety and control costs at the project site.
Experience in New Generation and Repowering
As expectations for increased power reliability grow in response to weather events, renewable generation gaps and growing demand, gas generation has the potential to fill the gaps. Our team has experience with new generation simple- and combined-cycle plants as well as repowering coal plants with gas.
As renewable power gains presence on the grid, we can work with you to implement synchronous condenser (syncon) systems on new or existing gas plants, including associated transmission system reinforcement studies, reactive margin studies and short circuit studies.
Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) systems and hydrogen generation options are likely to affect how new combined-cycle plants and some existing gas-fired plants achieve compliance with new environmental standards and guidelines in development. Our team includes specialists that focus on determining available pathways for critical power generation owners.
Our vast experience ranges from aeroderivatives to the largest J-class and advanced-class combustion turbines to reciprocating engines. Many of our recent generation facilities have integrated optimized solutions such as air-cooled condensing, inlet chillers, zero liquid discharge (ZLD) and low-noise design.
Advanced-Class Combustion Turbines
The challenges intrinsic to advanced-class turbines are unique. Our project experience has equipped us with the ability to conquer these challenges. We have worked with advanced-class models from development through construction, executing procurement, engineering, construction and startup tasks for simple-cycle turbines with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for NOx control.
The success of complex advanced-class gas turbine projects rides on the people who perform the work. Our team applies experience with and understanding of the technology to deliver a seamlessly operating unit.
