The majority of power generation in the western United States is provided through combustion of fossil fuels (natural gas, diesel, fuel oil, coal), wood, and waste to energy (landfill gas, digester gas, trash) by turbine generators, IC engine generators and boiler/steam generators.

SCEC is a leader in securing permits to construct power generation projects from 200 kW to 100 MW. SCEC’s professionals are experts in best available control technology (BACT) analysis, ambient air quality analyses, health risk assessments, regulatory compliance assessments, and emissions monitoring systems. SCEC’s clients rely upon our regulatory and permitting expertise from the earliest stages of project development through construction and commissioning.

SCEC is also a leader in testing for emissions from power generation sources throughout the United States. As BACT has evolved, emissions have been significantly reduced, especially in natural gas fired systems. Modern combustion and emissions control technology have resulted in challenging emissions testing programs for the measurement of criteria pollutants. SCEC’s state of the art NOx and CO analyzers accurately measure emission levels in ranges from 0-5 ppmv to 0-5000 ppmv. SCEC also provides on-site results for all continuously measured parameters, including ammonia slip, and volume flow rate within 30 minutes of sample run completion. SCEC conducts particulate matter measurement utilizing wet impingement, cascade impactor, and PM10 cyclones and processes the samples in its own laboratory.

SCEC’s power generation clients include Hawaiian Electric Company, Chevron Energy Solutions, Sacramento Metropolitan Utilities Department, City of Riverside Public Utilities Department, Power Engineers, Chevron Energy Solutions, Caterpillar, and Alliance Power, LLC.