Black & Veatch served as programme manager across ten UK sites to create a 348-MW portfolio of short-term operating reserve (STOR) generation assets. STOR assets are a critical to the UK power network; rapidly dispatching power when demand is greater, or generation capacity less, than forecast by the National Grid Electricity System Operator.
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Short-term operating reserve (STOR) assets are a critical part of the UK power network; swiftly dispatching extra power when demand is greater than forecast, or generation capacity less than anticipated.
Black & Veatch provided Owner's Engineer services for a programme to construct and commission energy storage facilities in six UK locations.
Intergen’s highly flexible Spalding gas turbine plant provides essential back-up for intermittent renewable sources of power generation. The asset adds resilience to the UK electricity network by providing generation capacity rapidly at times of stress.
Winter came to Texas. In February 2021, sub-freezing temperatures forced the largest power outage in U.S. history, leaving millions without electricity and millions more facing severely disrupted water service as outages crippled critical infrastructure systems throughout the state.
Cut sheet on Plant Life Assessment Services and how Black & Veatch can help.
Electric cooperatives (electric co-ops) have historically been recognized as community-focused, working to improve the sustainability and wellbeing of their local and surrounding communities.
As the adoption of electrified vehicles races on, Quincy Lee and Elliot Owen – entrepreneurs behind the startup enterprise Electric Era – figure they’re building a better mousetrap when it comes to answering the challenges of charging.
More efficient and sustainable operations have long been goals for utilities, but this has only become more challenging in the era of climate change.
Leveraging smart infrastructure to enable data-driven utility operations has long been a work in progress, and advancement has been uneven.
