End users of electricity have more options than ever as renewable and distributed energy resources (DER), including microgrids, solar, wind, and battery storage, become more accessible and competitively priced for homeowners and businesses alike. As the power grid and critical infrastructure become ever-more technologically advanced, we’re helping our clients address changing customer demands, comply with regulatory requirements, maximize revenues and establish themselves as preferred energy partners.
To maintain resiliency and security-physical and cyber-clients are challenged with becoming the agile market operators who will balance cost, technology, regulation and sustainability. It’s complicated, but solutions are readily available. Black & Veatch works alongside clients to craft constructive, data-driven strategies for asset management and capital allocation. We’re enabling profitable investments in generation, storage, transmission and distribution of safe, reliable electric power.
Black & Veatch is an integrated generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure leader, offering innovative, end-to-end services on new and operating power assets, as well as full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) solutions. Regardless of the scope or size of the project, our execution is centered on safety and characterized by cost and schedule certainty. We offer in-house project execution through union and open-shop construction entities.
Air Quality Control (AQC)
Alternative & Renewable Energy
Combined Heat & Power
Distributed Energy Resources
The cost of renewable technologies continues to decline. Natural gas prices are low and have been relatively stable for nearly a decade. At the same time, government, industrial, commercial and residential customers are demanding greater access and use of clean energy technologies, lower energy costs and enhanced energy security at the distribution level and behind the meter.
Black & Veatch brings significant programmatic experience across all technologies and fuel sources to deliver sustainable and resilient distributed generation solutions.
Energy Storage
Environmental Services
Fossil Fuel Generation
Black & Veatch guides clients through decisions to balance their energy portfolios. We make an efficient and compliant operation possible through smooth project execution.
Industrial & Institutional
Black & Veatch Industrial and Institutional Services provide clients with global experience and local resources to create innovative solutions for their energy, water, industrial process, operations & maintenance, and sustainability needs. As a leading global engineering, consulting and construction provider, we work closely with clients to deliver solutions regardless of project size or location.
Microgrids
Utilities, communities, and energy consumers are actively investigating microgrids as a solution for reaching sustainability, resiliency, and cost-certainty objectives. Microgrids support greater levels of intermittent renewable resource integration and enhance energy security for mission-critical facilities and operations.
Nuclear
Our nuclear power teams provide planning, engineering and construction services. They guide clients in selecting the right technology, moving forward with regulatory approvals, and ensuring safe, reliable, and timely project completion.
Black & Veatch is helping secure nuclear energy’s global future. We are committed to assisting our clients in building a thriving nuclear power industry. We develop viable solutions to meet cost, regulatory, security and post-Fukushima-requirements. We assign the highest priority to public safety.
Overhead & Underground Transmission
Power delivery challenges are consistently growing in complexity. A variety of forces are driving the need for overhead and underground transmission lines to efficiently move electricity.
We collaboratively meet our clients’ cost, schedule and performance expectations through proven planning, design and construction services for transmission projects of all sizes and voltages. We coordinate with our clients to avoid environmental impacts where possible and meet regulatory requirements. We also are on the leading edge of technologies such as underground transmission design.
Power Generation
Black & Veatch provides complete new and operating asset services, from concept through construction and operations, for all types of utility-scale power generation assets. We help clients plan, build, and operate new plants and evaluate options to refurbish, repower, retrofit, or retire existing facilities. We also provide comprehensive environmental services so your facilities can meet current and future regulations.
Solar Energy
Substations
We enable reliable and secure grid operations through the design and construction of robust substation and related interconnection facilities, ranging up to 500kV. Our substation experience and expertise includes:
Transmission & Distribution
A modern grid requires modern solutions and technologies. To build the grid of the future, clients must make efficient use of their existing facilities, adapt to ever-changing generation sources, and be able to integrate greater amounts of intermittent renewable resources, all without sacrificing reliability.
Black & Veatch is a full-service engineering provider with in-house procurement and construction capabilities. We also provide expertise in substation siting, transmission line-routing, all types of permitting, and all environmental areas.
Wind Energy
Wind development activity remains strong globally. Improved economics and advanced technology support project viability and continued wind investment.
Full and Partial wind repowers enable owners to utilize existing infrastructure, expand megawatt (MW) output, extend the operating life of assets, and maximize return on investment with upgraded wind facilities.
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Black & Veatch's power generation services capabilities include new generation engineering, asset management, retrofit and plant betterment engineering, combined heat & power, environmental, and distributed generation.