Perspectives
As Power Industry Evolves, Regulatory Uncertainty Abounds
In a perfect world, one of the power industry’s great advantages should be the degree of certainty in its business activities.
Insights and Resources
Perspectives
With or Without a Regulatory Nudge, Decarbonization Planning Must Begin Now
The soaring use of renewables and DER are reshaping the electric utility industry as consumers and other stakeholders clamor for cleaner, decarbonized sources of power.
Perspectives
Emerging Technologies Gaining Mindshare in Power Generation
A shift to increased distributed generation, efforts to modernize the U.S. grid, and a transition to reducing harmful emissions are posing the greatest challenges for the power sector, as the industry evolves in a market driven by demands for enhanced efficiency, reliability and cleaner power supply.
Perspectives
Buildout of Renewables Drives Effort to Harden, Digitize Transmission Assets
As the U.S. electric industry increasingly is being driven by decarbonization and its related impacts on the traditional grid, the expansion of renewable energy is changing how investment dollars are allocated across the system.
Perspectives
Executive Summary: As the Power Sector Transforms, Opportunities Rest with Embrace of Renewables, Modernization
From the Atlantic Coast of the U.S. to Asia and all parts of the world, evolution of the global electric industry has been rapid, relentless and most certainly complex.
Projects
Bleutech Park
Bleutech Park (BTP) is a first-of-its-kind planned mixed-use development, that will feature workforce housing, offices, retail space, a state-of-the-art entertainment tower, a luxury hotel and luxury residences, all built upon a technologically integrated site that aspires to be 100-percent grid independent.
Perspectives
Build the Fourth Utility
The “new normal” has become a common phrase during the current COVID-19 pandemic. As individuals are forced to move their lives online, the pandemic accelerates the trends that are already driving the digital economy. As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently observed, “We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months.”
Projects
Promoting a city’s water sustainability and resilience
Paso Robles always discharged its treated effluent into California’s Salinas River. That is until changing influent and prolonged drought conditions spurred improvements at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The plant now reclaims previously wasted resources, showcasing a sustainable and cost-effective approach to water quality and water supply resilience.
Perspectives
Is better, integrated planning the global water industry’s emerging challenge?
As we face a new decade, hampered by the maelstrom and uncertainty of COVID-19, and inspired by a renewed drive to create a more sustainable world and circular economy, will integrated water planning emerge as the most pressing issue facing the global water industry? In a recent webinar poll attended by almost 500 water leaders from every continent of the world, integrated planning emerged as the top issue facing us today.
Perspectives
Future-proofing Gas Generation on the Road to Decarbonization
Based on its emissions profile and flexibility, not to mention its cost, natural gas will remain a component of the fuel mix in the United States for the foreseeable future.
Perspectives
Navegando la descarbonización en la minería
Reflejando la evolución de la Revolución Industrial, el viaje de exploración científica de los temas del cambio climático comenzó a principios del siglo XIX. Cien años más tarde, en la década de 1930, Thomas Edison expresó su preocupación por el cambio climático y destacó la necesidad de la energía renovable. Otro siglo después, la necesidad de tomar medidas para hacer frente al cambio climático mundial es tan apremiante como siempre.
Perspectives
Five Reasons Why Battery Storage Will Take Off
One of the noticeable effects of worldwide efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has been improved air quality, particularly in urban areas.
Perspectives
If Decarbonization is the Moon Shot, How Do We Build the Rocket Ship?
In the early 1960s, life was pretty simple, continuing much the same as it had for decades. There were shiny new automobiles and new music, airplanes flew nonstop across the oceans, and new buildings became taller and more impressive. But few people had yet dreamed of space travel.
Events
Join Black & Veatch Management Consulting industry leaders for our next webinar event
Join our industry leaders for our next webinar event. This conversation will feature discussions on the 2020 market outlook for WECC & CAISO.
Key topics that will be covered include:
Perspectives
Bolstering LNG bunkering capabilities to support rise in LNG-powered marine vessels
For those in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business, the term “bunkering” has been a relatively recent addition to our vocabulary, but we’re hearing it a lot. In the past year, Black & Veatch has worked on three different projects, at different stages of development, to support new LNG bunkering infrastructure.
Projects
El Proyecto de sostenibilidad de Black & Veatch que aumentará la producción en la mina de cobre más grande del mundo
La cantidad que se puede extraer de uno de los recursos naturales más valiosos del mundo, el cobre, depende directamente de la disponibilidad del recurso más esencial del mundo: el agua.
Perspectives
Powering Data Centers with Natural Gas: A Report on the Benefits of Natural Gas for Data Center Backup Power
Increasingly dynamic and reaching monumental scale in size and complexity, data centers are using record levels of power. Resilient, sustainable alternatives for emergency backup power is one way data centers are working towards greener operations.
Events
The Electric Vehicle-Utility Industry Nexus: Charging Forward
Black & Veatch Management Consulting is proud to sponsor this upcoming EUCI event. EUCI is pleased to offer this virtual conference on its online interactive platform. Enjoy a valuable learning experience with a smaller impact on your time and budget.