Thermal Power

Thermal power generation continues to dominate
the world’s power market. There’s an increasing demand for new
thermal power plant and refurbishment and repowering of existing
plant. Scott Wilson has long-established experience in the
provision of services for the development, implementation,
operation and maintenance of thermal power generation plant. Our
clients are typically governments, utility companies, owners,
developers, lenders, contractors, insurers and professional
accounting and legal organisations.
Our experience covers a wide variety of
thermal power generation plant types including oil, gas and coal
fired conventional steam turbine plant, combined cycle gas turbine
plant (CCGT), open cycle gas turbine plant (OCGT),
power/desalination plant, cogeneration plant, oil and gas fuelled
reciprocating engine generating plant.
The extensive and diverse experience portfolio within Scott Wilson
enables us to provide business-focused services to private power
producers, enabling them to secure a competitive edge in the power
marketplace. Our services to governments ensure them of a robust
power infrastructure development.
The services include:
In the planning/concept project phases: feasibility studies,
technical appraisal and due diligence, site selection and
development planning, permitting and consenting, environmental
audits and impact assessments, financial and thermal modelling,
business planning, tariff studies, fuel and power purchase
agreements, conceptual and pre-engineering design, implementation
planning and cost estimating, specialist studies and risk
assessments.
In the implementation phases: project management, contract
documentation and administration, procurement services, quality
system audits, inspection and expediting, detailed multi-discipline
design, specification, construction supervision, commissioning
co-ordination, HAZAN, HAZID and HAZOP studies, health and safety
documentation and compliance, environmental documentation and
compliance.
In the operational phase: operational studies and support,
performance audits and optimisation, retrofit and re-powering
studies, asset valuation, expert witness, insurance assessments and
risk studies.