Utility companies today face an ever-growing demand by customers, communities and regulatory agencies to provide a larger percentage of renewable energy. Whether it’s designing an ethanol facility, construction and technical support for biomass units or upgrades of hydro plant generation capacity, we have the expertise, skills and experience to develop these sustainable, alternative, domestic energy resources. We make it possible for our customers to meet Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and achieve additional economic benefits.

Ethanol

Production and consumption of ethanol has dramatically increased in the last five years in the United States and we are proud to have experience in the design of ethanol production facilities. In addition to electrical and mechanical design work, we provide material handling systems, fuel loading stations and architectural treatment for the refineries. The location of our offices in the middle of prime corn production states makes us a local provider of design expertise for the ethanol production business.

Biodiesel

Like ethanol, production of diesel fuel from agriculture products is a growing business. The location of soybean production and vegetable oil production facilities is primarily in the Midwest United States, not far from our offices, making us a local provider of design expertise for the production of agriculture-based diesel fuel. Similar to the application of engineering design details for process facilities or ethanol production plants, we can provide engineering and design talent to the infrastructure that supports the refining process.

Biomass

Using waste wood and other renewable fuels as a fuel source for power plants is something Zachry has done successfully for electric utilities. We not only understand the concepts of plant and fuel source development and the technology required to successfully and reliably operate a biomass power plant; we have designed the facilities to make it happen. Our biomass reference plant can be used as the starting point for new facilities with additional customers.