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RES has guided companies and facilities operating along the resource supply chain through the critical process of improving their energy security and protecting their profits. We have also helped companies prepare for greenhouse gas regulation, estimate emissions, forecast potential cost exposure, and devise strategies that leverage energy management activities toward reducing carbon liability. Click on the following projects to learn more about what we do.
RES develops renewable energy both for small-scale specialized applications and utility-scale merchant power plants. For the latter, we specialize in developing projects on industrial properties such as mines and mill sites. For instance, our renewable energy team performed a comprehensive survey of renewable energy resource potential on mining property in the western US. We also reviewed regional and state resource data to develop deployment scenarios based on investment, resource harvest, and internal rate of return. We helped the client understand the process to become an independent power producer for grid access and power sales.
RES leverages existing site infrastructure to more cost-effectively develop renewable energy projects. RES has assessed the potential for tidal turbines at a coal mine / power plant operation and found that tidal turbines would lessen the operation’s demand for grid power while enhancing its reputation of environmental stewardship. RES is also designing a micro-hydro deployment plan using the heap leach flow at a gold mine.
Avoiding waste, or converting waste into energy, is a key approach to improving energy security. RES is working with a mining client to analyze propane-fueled process heating to improve fuel efficiency, and potentially leverage the heat production toward additional uses such as chilling and power generation. RES has also worked in waste-derived fuel production, such as creating biodiesel from waste fish oil.
RES puts property holdings to work. We have designed plans to grow
biofuel or capture carbon on reclaimed surfaces and boundary lands, and
have analyzed the technical and economic feasibility of generating
willow biomass on reclaimed lands at surface mines. Besides producing
dry biomass for co-firing at local generating stations, the project
would increase carbon levels in reclaimed soils and potentially offset
GHG liability.
Environmental assets such as renewable energy credits and carbon
reduction credits are often untapped for their economic potential. RES
has assisted a remote but highly visited resort in developing
environmental assets for monetization. The resort is partially powered
by two 200 kw turbines drawing energy from 150oF water from a nearby
thermal spring. RES is quantifying power production and usage to
calculate carbon credits, based on avoided diesel combustion for space
and water heating and avoided diesel for off-grid power generation.
Modified operating practices and improved energy technology can
greatly increase energy efficiency. RES has analyzed industrial and
commercial facilities and building complexes for opportunities to
improve efficiency and reduce energy spending. We looked at equipment
and work practices in a wide variety of circumstances, ranging from a
75,000 sq foot mixed-use office building to a multi-facility campus of
field offices, maintenance shops, garages, and an assay lab. When
equipment changes are warranted, RES forecasts financial performance
and estimates payback periods and returns on investments for each
capital expenditure. RES also develops work practice improvement
programs that include performance monitoring and employee incentives.
RES is designing a fuel monitoring and efficiency solution for a
mining operation that wants to reduce its fuel costs. Through active
engine diagnostics, operator training and enhanced feedback measures,
the plan will effectively lower fuel costs, preventative maintenance,
and greenhouse gas emissions.
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