Energy Experts can assist clients in evaluating and implementing new technology projects to meet their energy efficiency objectives. These opportunities are typically identified as a result of the Integrated Audit process and designed to meet specific energy conservation and/or GHG reduction objectives. Although significant savings can be achieved through operational and management changes, the application of new technologies is essential to achieve step-wise improvement in energy consumption to maximize benefits.

Energy Experts works closely with government and not-for-profit organizations such as CETAC-West that specialize in identifying and proving new energy-related technologies. Energy Experts has managed a number of technology demonstration programs and maintains close ties with specialty companies that provide innovative approaches to achieving improved energy efficiency in the industry. This, coupled with our own in-house expertise in specialized areas (sulphur and amine plant optimization, incineration, fired heaters etc.) provides a broad range of skills available to assist industry in achieving a higher level of performance.

These projects are also often candidates for funding support from sponsoring agencies (e.g. NRCan and Alberta Energy) or qualify for research tax credits. Energy Experts can assist in identifying both technology and funding opportunities and work with clients to ensure program objectives are met.

For example, a recent tail-gas incinerator upgrade project at an Alberta sour gas processing facility realized a 30 to 40 % reduction in fuel gas consumption. Energy Experts was involved in the design, procurement, installation and testing of a new high-efficiency burner that significantly improved oxidation of total reduced sulphur compounds in the tail gas to sulphur dioxide. This project, combined with incinerator optimization and completion of a more aggressive stack-top temperature reduction program has the potential to save more than $1 million/year in fuel gas and reduce GHG emissions by more than 6 kilotonnes per year.