Renewable Energy...Apr 19, 2016 · Synergics Energy Services, LLC (Synergics) retained AECOM...

Renewable EnergyQualifications

AECOM

Our specialties include:

− Wind and solar

− Environmental permitting and economics

− Hydropower and dams

− Geothermal and nuclear

− Transmission and distribution

ContentsCorporate overview .............................................................................................................................................................................................................1

Renewable energy capabilities .......................................................................................................................................................................................5

Wind energy capabilities ...................................................................................................................................................................................................6

Representative wind energy projects ..........................................................................................................................................................................8

Solar energy capabilities ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Representative solar energy projects ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Energy storage capabilities ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Representative energy storage projects ................................................................................................................................................................ 25

Why choose AECOM ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26

Contact us ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28

Corporate overview

AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries.

As a fully integrated firm we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM companies have annual revenue of approximately US$18 billion.

We are a global network of experts working with clients, communities and colleagues to develop and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most complex challenges.

With nearly 85,000 employees—including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals—serving clients around the world, AECOM is ranked as the #1 engineering design firm by revenue in Engineering News-Record magazine’s annual industry rankings and has been recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the World’s Most Admired Company.

The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves including energy, transportation, facilities, environmental, oil and gas, water, high-rise buildings and government.

Our team has the unrivaled ability to develop, design and/or construct power projects by enhancing the electrical infrastructure, implementing energy reduction and developing on-site power, either with traditional power sources or by renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic (PV) solar energy. AECOM has successfully completed several energy projects throughout its history within the United States, Canada and across the globe. These projects include power projects for transmission systems, substations; on-site power generation, utility-scale conventional; and renewable power generation for clients such as Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G), Noble Wind Farms, the New York Power Authority, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Solar Millennium.

With more than 90 years of experience, we have conceived, planned, and built energy projects of every type and size.

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Renewable Energy Qualifications

AECOM brings the broad capabilities of our heritage companies into one streamlined organization. Our legacy companies include environmental and engineering powerhouses Woodward Clyde Consultants and Dames and Moore,

as well as EBASCO, United Engineers and Constructors and Washington Group International and URS.

Nuclear − Preliminary project analysis

− Private participation / financing advice − Preliminary engineering

− Civil, mechanical and electrical

engineering design

− Balance of plant

− Public involvement, planning

and implementation

− Environmental resource studies

and impact assessment

− Permitting

− Project and construction management

− Waste treatment advisory services

Wind and Solar - Renewable Energy − Preliminary project analysis

− Wind assessments

− Load forecasting − Private participation / financing advice − Preliminary engineering

− Civil, mechanical and electrical

engineering design

− Public involvement, planning

and implementation

− Environmental resource studies

and impact assessment

− Permitting

− Project and construction management

Thermal and Geothermal − Least cost generation expansion planning

− Power plant feasibility studies concept design

− IPP project planning and development

− Power systems analysis, system planning,

protection, controls and SCADA

− Design and construction of thermal and geothermal power plants

− EPCM

− Due diligence / investigations

− Rehabilitation and upgrades

− Asset management

Hydropower and Dams − Hydropower project feasibility studies and

concept development

− Dams, reservoirs and hydraulic structures

− Power plant design, refurbishment and automation

− River basin studies and sustainable water

resource planning

− Hydrological, topographical and

geotechnical investigations

− Flood studies and safety evaluations − Asset valuations and management

Transmission and Distribution − T&D network planning − Power systems analysis

− Substation and transmission line design

− Earthing analysis and design

− Power system protection

− Communications

− SCADA and energy management systems

− Load despatch centres

− Metering

− Asset valuations and management

− High voltage underground cables

Power markets we serve


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Renewable Energy is just one aspect of AECOM power services.

Additionally we provide services in the following markets: hydropower and dams, nuclear, thermal and geothermal as well as transmission and distribution.

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Renewable energy

Renewable energy capabilities

AECOM delivers comprehensive services from inception to completion through our program management and technical services. Our broad range of project management services, coupled with our technical resources, allows us to thoroughly plan, develop and execute environmental review and permitting, engineering/design, procurement, construction and commissioning.

Our program/construction management services provide the project with controls that clients require to manage their projects and provide banking and financing partners the information they need to track the project’s status. These project controls include project scheduling, estimating, cost control, document control, risk management, compliance management, forecasting, asset management and owner’s engineering services.

We help developers and end users evaluate solar energy options, navigate regulatory environments, and implement strategies from buildings and facilities to large-scale utility-size projects.In 2015, Engineering News Record (ENR) ranked AECOM #1 in Top Design Firms in Solar.

Our service and capabilities are as follows: − Critical Issues, Fatal Flaw Analysis − Constructability Constraints Assessment − Asset and Property Transfer Due Diligence − Preliminary Engineering and Design − Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Design − Public Involvement, Planning and Implementation − Environmental Resource Studies, Surveys and

Impact Assessment − Permitting − Project and Construction Management − Siting Studies and Alternatives Evaluation − Resource Assessment, Performance Modelling − Groundwater Modeling − Hydrology Studies, Scour Analysis and Hydrologic

Design − Transmission Analysis − Interconnection Studies − Technology Due Diligence and Selection − Plans of or for Development − Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Review − Economic Analysis and Financial Pro Formas − Detailed Engineering Design − Owner’s Engineering − Turnkey Design-Build − Compliance Plan Development, Implementation

and Monitoring − Avian and Bat Protection Plan Design and

Implementation − Worker Environmental Awareness Program

(WEAP) Training − Compliance Management System – CMS/

Database Development and Implementation

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Wind energy capabilities

AECOM has served the electric power industry for more than 65 years. Our firm offers clients integrated, project-related services for new and existing power plants and transmission and distribution. AECOM’s diverse wind energy technical services and knowledge of the wind industry provides clients with a broad base of expertise. Indeed over the last 15 years, AECOM has served as a single source for multidisciplinary environmental and engineering services for hundreds of wind energy projects. The firm is fully equipped to help its clients meet today’s challenges with existing generating and transmission facilities and to prepare for the changes ahead in the power industry. AECOM delivers comprehensive wind energy services from inception to completion through our program management and technical services. Our broad range of project management services, coupled with our technical resources, allows us to thoroughly plan, develop, and execute environmental permitting, engineering/design, procurement, construction and commissioning of wind energy projects.

We provide the project controls clients require to manage their projects and provide banking and financing partners the information needed to track the project’s status. These project controls include project scheduling, estimating, cost control, document control, risk management, compliance management, forecasting, asset management and owner’s engineering services. We help developers and end users evaluate wind energy options and navigate regulatory environments for utility size wind projects. AECOM has been involved in the planning, development, permitting, engineering and construction of more than 30GW of wind power worldwide including over 40 projects across the Americas. In 2015, Engineering News Record (ENR) ranked AECOM #1 in Top Design Firms in Wind Power.


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Our capabilities include:

− Development and Planning − Permitting − Engineering − Construction Support, Monitoring and

Management − Project Management − Regulatory Compliance and Planning − Environmental Impact Assessment and

Statement − Preliminary Project Analysis − Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Design

Noble Wind Farms

− Public Involvement, Planning and Implementation − Fatal Flaw or Critical Issues Analysis − Facility Siting and Interconnection, Transmission

and Transportation Studies − Due Diligence Studies − Offshore Development Services − GIS Site Screening and Analysis − Visual Impact Analysis − Legal Testimony − Avian Risk Analysis

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Representative wind energy projectsEcogen, LLC – Prattsburgh/Italy, Wind Farm

Steuben and Yates Counties, New YorkAECOM performed a wide range of engineering activities on this project. Initially the preliminary project layout was based on optimal spacing between wind turbines; the prevailing wind direction; the existing terrain, land control, and other factors. Easement drawings were prepared to assist with landowner negotiations. AECOM incorporated 40-scale planimetric base mapping with two-foot elevation contours into the design once the aerial flyover work was completed. A formal design criteria document was prepared to specify what criteria our civil engineers and CAD designers would use during the design process. This document contains a wide variety of data including applicable set-backs, turbine spacing, access road geometry, collection system assumptions, limits of impact, restoration plan, etc. The horizontal design process adjusted the preliminary layout based on the design criteria. During the vertical design process, AECOM designers used specialized software—AutoCAD 3-D—to optimize the access road alignment and turbine crane pad locations based on existing and proposed grades. The final vertical design illustrated all project improvements with existing and proposed grades.

AECOM also prepared a Grading Permit application package. The application consisted of the vertical design drawings and also contained stormwater management features such as drainage swales, culverts, microbasins, and erosion and sedimentation controls.

Our services included:

− SEQR and Permitting Services − Design and Layout

Project Value: $800,000,000

Project Duration: 2005 - 2010

Solano Wind Project, CollinsvilleMontezuma Hills WRA, Northern CaliforniaThe Solano Wind Project, located on 6,345 acres near Rio Vista, California, represents SMUD’s ongoing commitment to develop renewable energy resources, including wind energy, for its service area customers. AECOM has provided services for this multi-phased project since 2001, serving as the Owner’s Agent for all QA/QC, planning, environmental, regulatory, contractual, financing, siting, land acquisition, transmission, interconnection, construction compliance management and community involvement issues. The project included 66 wind turbine generators (WTGs) of 3MW each.As a prime contractor, AECOM is committed to helping SMUD meet its goal of providing over 20 percent of its customers’ energy needs with renewable energy. Our engineering and environmental service expertise extends to all wind project phases, including prospecting and siting, feasibility evaluation, transmission access, document preparation, design, planning, permitting, environmental evaluation, construction, operation and monitoring.

The 6,345-acre site produces wind speeds of more than 20 miles per hour at 80-meter (approximately 262-foot) hub height. With a total of 230MW of capacity on the site, power can be provided to 79,000 homes. Installation of the new wind turbines resulted in delivering a cost of power of 5½ to 6½ cents per kilowatt hour, with no Federal subsidies. The wind turbines helped the client with its goals set by the State to meet 23 percent of its retail electricity sales with renewable energy in 2011 and 33 percent from renewable sources by 2020.AECOM was the prime contractor and self-performed all project and construction management, prospecting and siting, feasibility evaluation, transmission access, document preparation, design, planning, permitting, environmental evaluation and engineering support for construction and operations and monitoring.


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Roth Rock Wind Farm; Engineering, Design and Construction Support Services, Backbone Mountain Garrett County, MDThe Roth Rock Wind Farm Project consists of a commercial-scale, 50MW wind farm, including the construction of 20 wind turbines located on the Backbone Mountain ridge in Garrett County, MD. Synergics Energy Services, LLC (Synergics) retained AECOM (Legacy URS) to complete a wide variety of permitting, engineering and construction support services.

The project includes 20 wind turbine generators (WTG), access roads, an electrical substation, an O&M building, staging areas and an electrical collection system (ECS) that conveys power from the wind turbines to the existing utility infrastructure in the area. The project is a continuous string of turbines along a 3-mile mountain ridge containing environmentally sensitive areas. When completed, this wind farm will generate 50 MW of energy.

AECOM prepared revised layout plans to meet the conditions of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Environmental constraints and siting criteria included protected wildlife habitat, wetlands, steep slopes, constructability of access roads, and turbine off-sets to avoid wake loss. The project team utilized field reconnaissance, aerial photography, manufacturer’s specifications, and digital terrain modeling to produce a series of alternative layouts meeting Synergics’ project objectives, while staying within the limitations established by DNR.

Follow-up planning and engineering tasks included haul route analysis, transportation assessment, access road layout, stormwater pollution prevention plans, a Notice of Intent and Agricultural Impact Statement, civil design of individual WTG sites, and preparation of an Environmental Monitoring Plan to address environmental permit conditions and minimization of agricultural impacts. In addition, Department of Transportation (DOT) permits for intersection improvement, collection system crossings and access road entrances.

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Project Client Size (MW) Services

AlaskaCook Inlet Chugach Electric

Association 100 MW Permitting, Environmental Impact Assessment

Mohave County BLM and BP Wind Energy 500 MW Environmental Impact Statement, Interconnection and Transmission

Studies, Public Involvement, Planning and Implementation

Unalaska and Naknek

State of Alaska, Department of Community and Regional Affairs, Division of Energy

Preliminary Project Analysis and Engineering Support, Construction Monitoring

CaliforniaCollinsville-Montezuma Hills

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

215 MWPreliminary Project Analysis, Planning, Environmental Resource Surveys, Construction Support, Environmental Impact Assessment, Avian Risk Analysis, GIS Analysis, Transmission, Due Diligence Study

San Bernardino County Granite Wind, LLC 62.1 MW Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Resource Surveys

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Energy Policy Area

Riverside County 615 MW Environmental Impact Statement, Visual Impact Analysis, Project Management and Implementation

Stanislaus, Merced, Mariposa and Tuolumne County

Turlock Irrigation District Permitting, Transmission, Environmental Resource Surveys

Kelso Valley Confidential 300 MW Fatal Flaw Analysis

Pine Canyon LADWP 300 MW Avian Risk AnalysisPine Tree LADWP 120 MW Environmental Assessment, Permitting, Construction Monitoring

SusanvilleSacramento Municipal Utility District

300 MW Permitting, Environmental Resource Surveys, Preliminary Project Analysis, and Planning

ColoradoCedar Creek B.P. Alternative

Energy 300 MW Preliminary Project Analysis, Planning, Permitting

Harte Ranch VIPO Energy 200 MW Preliminary Project Analysis, Environmental Resource Survey, Permitting

Maxwell Ranch Wind Holdings 250 MW Preliminary Project Analysis, Planning, Permitting, Engineering

Limon Renewable Energy Systems 300 MW Permitting, Transmission Study, Environmental Impact Assessment,

Environmental Resource Surveys

IdahoAmerican Falls Confidential 130 MW GIS Site Screening and Analysis, Hazardous Materials Site Investigation

China Mountain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 425 MW Environmental Impact Statement, Visual Impact Analysis

Cotterel Wind Albion Windland, Inc. and Shell WindEnergy 200 MW

Environmental Impact Assessment, Avian Risk Analysis, GIS Site Screening and Analysis, Regulatory Compliance and Planning, Public Involvement

IllinoisPrairie Fork Dominion 300 MW Planning, Environmental, Permitting, Engineering

Maryland

Roth Rock Synergics Energy Services, LLC 40 MW Transportation Study, Construction Support and Management, Planning,

Construction Monitoring

MichiganThumb Huron Noble 125 MW Construction Support

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MinnesotaNobles Xcel Energy 200 MW Permitting, Engineering, Project and Construction Management,

Construction Support

Otter Tail County Renewable Energy Systems 160 MW Environmental Resource Surveys, and Environmental Impact

Assessment, Permitting, Regulatory Compliance

New JerseyNJ Offshore Winergy 320 MW Preliminary Engineering Support

New MexicoCentral New Mexico Confidential 150 MW Environmental Resource Surveys, Environmental Impact Statement,

Avian Risk Analysis, Permitting, Transmission StudyNew YorkAllegany Noble 100 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Altona Noble 100 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Management

Ball Hill Noble 125 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Bliss Noble 100 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Burke Noble 130 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Chateaugay Noble 125 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Management

Chateaugay II Noble 50 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Clinton Noble 100 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Ellenburg Noble 80 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Farmersville Noble 130 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Support

Long Island Winergy 1,200 MW Preliminary Engineering Support

Wethers Field Noble 125 MW Development, Permitting, Engineering, Construction Management

Willis Substation Noble NA Construction Management

Central Ecogen 79.5 MW Environmental Impact Statement, Environmental Resource Surveys, Avian Risk Analysis, Permitting, GIS Site Screening and Analysis

Delaware and Wyoming County Confidential Preliminary Project Analysis, Planning, GIS Site Screening and Analysis,

Permitting, Environmental Resource Surveys

Marble River Marble River LLC Preliminary Project Analysis, Facility Siting and Transportation Studies, Permitting

OhioGreen City Growers Green City Growers 1.5 MW Environmental Impact Assessment, Regulatory Compliance

Lake Erie Offshore Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation

1000 MW Environmental Impact Assessment, Permitting, Offshore Development Services

Lincoln Electric Lincoln Electric 2/5 MW Environmental Impact Assessment, Regulatory Compliance and Planning

OklahomaNorthwestern Oklahoma

Oklahoma Gas and Electric 120 MW Environmental Impact Assessment, Project and Construction

Management, Construction Support, Engineering

Ontario, CanadaConestogo Highlands Invenergy Canada 125 MW Permitting, Public Information SessionsJericho, Bluewater, and Goshen

NextEra Energy Resources 350 MW Environmental Assessment, Permitting, Regulatory Compliance Planning

Prince Wind Farm Brookfield Power Corp. 200 MW Environmental Impact Statement

Middlesex, Lambton, and Grey Counties

NextEra Energy Canada 430 MW

Environmental Impact and Resource Assessment, Regulatory Compliance and Planning, Transmission and Interconnection Studies, Construction Support and Management

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Oregon

Arlington

Columbia Energy Partners and SeaWest WindPower, Inc.

104 MW Environmental Resource Surveys, Avian Risk Analysis

Gilliam County SeaWest Wind, Inc. 59 MW Preliminary Project Analysis, GIS Site Screening and Analysis, Environmental Impact Assessment, Avian Risk Analysis

Vansycle Kenetech Windpower/FPL 24.9 MW Avian Risk Analysis, Permitting, Environmental Resource Surveys, GIS

Site Screening and Analysis

Pennsylvania

Potter County AES Corporation 99 MWPreliminary Project Analysis, Environmental Impact and Resource Assessment, Transportation Study, Avian Risk Analysis, Regulatory Compliance and Planning

Wayne County Orion Energy 60 MW Environmental Impact Assessment, Regulatory Compliance and Planning

TexasCedro Hill Edison Mission

Energy 150 MW Permitting, Environmental Resource Survey, Environmental Impact Assessment, Avian Risk Analysis

Culberson County National Wind Power/Orion Energy LLC 30 MW Permitting, Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Impact Assessment,

Environmental Resource Survey

Nolan CountyDKRW Energy/Babcock & Brown/ Duke Energy

585 MW Permitting, Environmental Resource Survey, Regulatory Compliance, Avian Risk Analysis

Pecos County National Wind Power/Orion Energy LLC 82 MW Permitting, Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Impact Assessment,

Environmental Resource Survey

Shackleford County RES America 400 MW Permitting, Environmental Resource Survey, Construction Support and Management

Great Plains Noble 240 MW Construction Support

Mitchell County Noble 300 MW Development, Permitting, Construction Support

US & Canada (Multiple Sites)North American Wind Power Assets

Global Infrastructure Partners N/A

Due Diligence, Environmental Resource Surveys, Permitting, Regulatory Compliance, Construction Support, Transmission and Interconnection Studies

WashingtonDesert Claim enXco 285 MW Visual Impact Analysis, Legal Testimony

Wishbone Douglas County PUD Environmental Resource Survey

Umatilla, Oregon, and Walla Walla County

FPL Energy Vansycle LLC 300 MW Avian Risk Analysis, GIS Site Screening and Analysis, Regulatory

Compliance and Planning

Wild Horse Puget Sound Energy 312 MW Due Diligence, Environmental Impact Assessment, Transmission and Interconnection Studies

WisconsinBlue Sky Greenfield We Energies 200 MW Planning, Environmental, Permitting, Engineering

Eco Met Eco Energy 100 MW Planning, Environmental, Permitting, Engineering

Glacier Hills We Energies 100 MW Planning, Environmental, Permitting, Engineering

Dodge and Fond Du Lac Counties Invenergy Wind, LLC 200 MW

Transmission and Interconnection Studies, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Resource Survey, GIS Site Screening and Analysis, Permitting

WyomingChoke Cherry Anschutz Co. 2,000 MW Environmental Impact Statement


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Solar energy capabilities

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Landfill PV Project1.4 MW facility installed on the closed landfill site at Box Canyon

AECOM has extensive solar project experience in the U.S. involving various phases of project development, totaling nearly 12GW of solar power projects. We are currently working with many of the world’s foremost solar PV developers, manufacturers, and leading solar adopting utilities and government entities on more than 5GW of solar PV power generation facilities. AECOM’s solar energy projects are among the largest ever built in the U.S. With over 300 offices spread across North America, AECOM also has solar energy centers-of-excellence strategically located in every major domestic solar energy market. These resources, coupled with a strong internal network, enable AECOM to provide local and cost-effective resources wherever the effort may be needed.

In addition to being a leading environmental service provider for utility-scale solar projects, AECOM provides full service engineering, consulting and construction phase services for solar projects. We act in a number of roles including owner’s engineer or as part of an EPC or design-build project team. AECOM provides services to many of the nation’s leading private solar developers and utility solar energy programs and our owner’s engineering services are a company core competency. In delivering solar EPC and design-build projects, we leverage our network of strategic, industry-leading construction and electrical contracting partners. AECOM’s solar project experience encompasses all aspects of site definition, design, engineering, permitting, purchasing, construction and startup support.

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Core services include:

− Critical Issues / Constraints and Fatal Flaw Analysis

− Constructability Assessment − Asset and Property Transfer Due Diligence − Preliminary Engineering and Design − Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Design − Public Involvement, Planning, and Implementation − Environmental Resource Studies, Surveys and

Impact Assessment − Permitting − Project and Construction Management − Siting Studies and Alternatives Evaluation − Resource Assessment / Performance Modeling − Groundwater Modeling − Hydrology Studies, Scour Analysis and Hydrologic

Design

− Transmission Analysis − Interconnection Studies − Technology Due Diligence and Selection − Plans for Development − Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Review − Economic Analysis and Financial Pro Formas − Detailed Design and Engineering − Owner’s Engineering − Turnkey Design-Build − Compliance Plan Development, Implementation

and Monitoring − Worker Environmental Awareness Program

(WEAP) Training − Compliance Management System (CMS) /

Database Development and Implementation − Commissioning and Startup


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Representative solar energy projects

Thank you to you and your team for your efforts in getting this done quickly, especially with the last minute changes .... Greatly appreciated.

Eric Hoagland, Specialized Energy Solutions, Developer/

Owner for the Colton Electric Department PV Projects

First Solar Electric, Blythe Solar 1 Project Riverside County, CaliforniaAECOM is providing permitting assistance to First Solar Electric for their proposed 21 MW photovoltaic solar generation project in Riverside County near Blythe, California.The 200-acre project site is located on flat, fallow agricultural land near existing electric transmission line interconnection points and is not near any sensitive land uses or critical biological habitat. The biological surveys performed by AECOM biologists on the site and the surrounding area determined that no protected species such as desert tortoise are present on the site.

The site is on private land on unincorporated Riverside County; therefore, Riverside County was the lead agency for compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and for the processing of the Conditional Use Permit.The First Solar Electric Blythe Solar 1 Project was developed to meet growing energy demand in the region and to help Southern California Edison meet their California Renewable Energy State mandates. The eastern Riverside County area near Blythe is an ideal location for siting a solar PV project based on its solar radiation profile. First Solar Electric entered into a Power Purchase Agreement with Southern California Edison for this project. The project provides electricity for more than 20,000 people.

NextEra, Genesis Solar Energy ProjectRiverside, CaliforniaThe Genesis Solar Energy Project consists of a 1,000 MW commercial solar thermal power-generating facility on land administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with a facility and linear footprint of approximately 7,052 acres. The project is located in the Blythe area of Riverside County and is currently completing construction. The project was approved by the BLM and CEC in 2010.

Although another consultant completed technical studies for permitting the project, AECOM was selected sole-source to provide the cultural resources compliance work due to our superior local knowledge and relationship with CEC and BLM agency staff, based on a client recommendation. AECOM is supporting the CEC—and BLM—approved project by implementing CEC’s Conditions of Certification and Cultural Resources Monitoring and Mitigation Plan as well as the BLM Historic Preservation Treatment Plan, through a cultural resources construction monitoring program, conducting additional surveys and data recovery at the request of CEC and BLM. AECOM also is providing extensive agency and Native American coordination and geo-archaeological field investigations.

Similar to cultural resources, AECOM is supporting the biological resources compliance monitoring program. This support has included dealing with issues related to desert kit fox relocation and weed management.

AECOM also assisted with obtaining revisions to the air quality permits issued for the project. We were able to obtain changes that reduced the compliance burden and allowed the purchase of slightly larger equipment that better suited the project’s needs. Additionally, AECOM provided an assessment of the use of diesel or natural gas-fired engines to support plant commissioning instead of line power, as the construction of SCE’s new substation was delayed. For this change AECOM developed a number of emissions scenarios and provided modeling to demonstrate the engines could be used without significant impact. An amendment petition was submitted for this change and approved by the CEC in less than four months.

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Austin Energy; Solar Design, Engineering, and Construction Oversight, Decker RetrofitAustin, TexasIn 2011, AECOM was selected through the Austin Energy Solar PV Design IDIQ Contract to provide engineering, detailed design, feasibility studies, technology evaluations, RFP development and construction oversight of a ground-mounted solar PV array for Austin Energy. The Decker project involved detailed engineering and design of a 300kW solar PV single-axis tracker array retrofit and a CPV technology demonstration facility. The existing Decker Solar Array was installed in 1986 and consisted of single-axis trackers, panels, structural supports, and the balance of system. AECOM was tasked with removing all of the modules, combiner boxes, tracker panel sections, horizontal support systems and actuators. The only members left in place included the vertical I-beam column and foundations.AECOM developed construction-ready plan sets and specifications for the decommissioning and retrofit phases of the project. All existing solar modules, steel, and electronic equipment were removed and recycled per local requirements. Solar panels removed during demolition were collected from the project site for recycling by SolarWorld. Austin Energy and AECOM arranged for delivery and pick up of SolarWorld storage bins for material recycling.In addition to the 300kW of single-axis tracking array, AECOM designed a technology demonstration facility. Eleven test bays were designed to test a variety of solar PV modules with different tracker, racking, and inverter combinations. Also included in the design were five tests bays for concentrated PV technologies. The test bays will allow Austin Energy to monitor and compare performance of various technologies at the same location.

The Decker project was the first opportunity for AECOM to retrofit an existing solar array. As technologies improve, retrofitting arrays will become more prominent and AECOM will have the expertise to assist our clients to use existing infrastructure, maximize recycling opportunities and evaluate compatible technologies.

City of Palmdale/Inland Energy Palmdale, Hybrid Power ProjectPalmdale, CaliforniaWorking with Inland Energy, Inc., AECOM successfully provided comprehensive permitting services for the City of Palmdale’s proposed hybrid gas-solar power plant. The innovative design of the Palmdale Hybrid Power Project (PHPP) thermally integrates 570 MW of clean-burning, natural-gas combined-cycle technology with 50 MW of solar parabolic trough mirrors on a 333-acre site. The project also includes approximately 36 miles of new and upgraded transmission facilities (generation tie-line), 7.4 miles of pipeline supplying reclaimed water, 8.7 miles of new natural gas pipeline and an access road.

The CEC licensing process included performing extensive environmental impact assessment for a broad range of environmental topics including air quality and air quality-related values (e.g., visibility, acid deposition), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, health risk assessment, visible vapor plume modeling and noise impacts—for both construction and operation of the facility. In addition to these impact assessments, AECOM supported the air permitting processes. Significant challenges faced in the permitting of this facility included :

− obtaining sufficient offsets/emissions reduction credits (ERCs)

− addressing the new one-hour NO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), became effective in April 2010 during the permitting process

− evaluating new GHG Best Available Control Technology (BACT) requirements that were implemented at the start of 2011.

Multi-agency (Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], CEC and Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District [AVAQMD]) approval for use of ERCs from an upwind air basin/air district for ozone precursors (NOx and VOC) was obtained. Use of PM10 ERCs generated by paving roads also was approved by these agencies.


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Demonstrating compliance with the new NO2 NAAQS was complicated, as PHPP was one of the first applications to do so and the EPA modeling guidance was being adjusted throughout the permitting process. The PHPP Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit was the first issued by the EPA that addressed GHG BACT. The PSD permit also served as the nexus for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which required that air quality deposition impacts to listed species also be conducted by AECOM.

AECOM’s permitting work culminated in the August 2011 authorization from the CEC and the October 2011 issuance of the PSD permit by the EPA. In a December 2011 article in the Antelope Valley Press, Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford stated, “The Palmdale

Hybrid Power Plant . . . will be the cleanest project

of its kind in the world . . .” Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s regional administrator for the Pacific Southwest Region, was quoted as saying, “Palmdale’s use of

solar technology is a model for new electric power

plants across the nation.” AECOM won the Climate Change Business Journal’s Business Achievement Award for Renewable Energy Development for the PHPP in March 2012.

Tierra del Sol Solar, Farm ProjectBoulevard, CaliforniaTierra del Sol Solar LLC partnered with AECOM to develop a 60MW renewable energy project in the Mountain Empire of southeastern San Diego County near the U.S./Mexico border. The Project uses Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) technology sited in an area with abundant solar energy to generate clean, renewable electricity.

The project included a Major Use Permit (MUP) to authorize a Major Impact Utility Pursuant and a Rezone. The Tierra Del Sol Solar Farm Project consistd of 2,529 CPV Systems using dual axis tracking located on 420 acres. The power is sold to SDG&E. AECOM provided all engineering services, including site civil, mechanical and electrical efforts to support full project development. The project consisted of:

− A 1,000-volt direct current (DC) underground collection system and a 34.5kV overhead and underground collection system linking the CPV Systems to the on-site project substation

− An operations and maintenance (O&M) site including a 7,500 sq ft O&M building

− A three-acre, on-site private collector substation site which encompasses an area of approximately 7,500 sq ft and includes 450 sq ft of metal clad switchgear

− 31 DC to AC inverter stations − A 138 kV overhead transmission line (Gen-Tie)

to connect the Project substation to SDG&E’s proposed new Boulevard Substation

− 13 miles of newly constructed load-bearing on-site access roads

− 33 miles of graded, service roads − One permanent water well that will be used to

supply water to the O&M building and to facilitate washing of the CPV Trackers

Construction Cost: $150 million Project Size: 60 MW Project Completed: 2016

We have a strong safety focus, proactively managing the risks associated with our work and striving for continuous improvement to

safety performance.

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Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles Department of Water and Power, Pine Tree Solar ProjectCantil, CaliforniaThe Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) constructed a 9.75 MW photovoltaic project at its Pine Tree Wind Farm at Airplane Flats, near Mojave, California. The project was one of the largest utility owned and operated PV projects in the United States at its completion in 2012. AECOM provided comprehensive engineering design and equipment procurement services for the project. The project is being constructed by LADWP construction forces with on-site assistance and training from AECOM.To minimize the levelized cost of electricity and meet LADWP objectives to maximize electricity production within a space-constrained site, AECOM developed an innovative design utilizing three different module tilt angles. The design takes maximum advantage of the site’s natural terrain and optimizes output while minimizing shading. The project incorporates over 35,000 PV modules and generates over 19 million kWh of electricity per year.AECOM’s responsibilities included:

− Detailed civil, structural, mechanical and electrical design

− Full SCADA system design and specification integrated to LADWP existing SCADA network

− Specification of all components and materials including PV modules, racking, and inverters

− Procurement and delivery to the site of all materials, including all major components as well as balance of system components, including wiring, conduit, cable trays, combiner boxes and mounting clips

− Installation training of LADWP work crews − Design of 34.5 kV electrical AC collection system − Maintenance plan and spare parts planning

Solar Millennium, Three Solar Thermal Power ProjectsSouthern CaliforniaAECOM was retained by Solar Millennium, LLC to provide permitting and engineering support services for three proposed solar thermal power projects in Southern California. Each project ranged from approximately 250 to 1,000 MW. AECOM assisted Solar Millennium in submitting applications for certification (AFC) to the CEC for each of the three projects, including responding to data requests. The projects were developed on federal land managed by the BLM, which is the lead federal agency for permitting purposes. The three projects were identified as “fast track” projects by the BLM and were permitted on an expedited time line in order to be eligible for stimulus funding.In support of the projects, AECOM performed the required field surveys, which included natural resource surveys, and supported Solar Millennium in providing related documentation and regulatory agency submittals, as well as resolved technical and regulatory agency issues that pertained to endangered species and cultural resources. AECOM also supported environmental analyses in the other resource areas, such as air quality and public health modeling of construction and operation emissions and permitting, visual simulations, groundwater modeling, socioeconomic Impact Analysis for Planning (IMPLAN) modeling, waste management, and worker safety.To fulfill the elements of the licensing and engineering scope, AECOM managed geotechnical and groundwater development investigations, developed the projects’ civil design basis, and provided engineering support for substation and transmission line design. The projects were designed to honor Governor Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order for California utilities to obtain 33 percent of electrical energy from renewable resources by 2020.


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Multiple StatesCritical Issues Analysis for Solar Thermal and PV Energy ProjectsAECOM is assisting with critical issues analyses (CIA), project siting, and permitting for a number of solar energy developments throughout the Southwest desert region. These solar projects will use either solar thermal or PV solar technology and range in size from 180 to 1,000 MW. The CIA reports assist various developers in determining the viability of their proposed sites for solar development and review a number of natural resource issues and permitting aspects to identify constraints and costs for the permitting effort.Because of the large acreage required for these solar projects, potential impacts and mitigation for biological resources are major issues. Power plant cooling/water supply requirements also are major topics of analysis for the solar thermal projects, requiring the investigation of dry cooling, reclaimed water supply sources, and groundwater modeling. Seismic issues were of particular concern for one of the projects located in a major fault zone. Land use, noise, visual impacts, and construction air quality impacts also can be of concern for specific projects, as well as availability of air quality offsets for hybrid gas/solar projects. Phase I Environmental Site Assessments are included in many of these projects.

AECOM has completed more than 30 such studies for potential solar developments throughout the U.S. Examples of recent AECOM energy projects include:

− AECOM prepared a CIA and Permitting Plan for solar power generation facilities in California and Arizona to support proposals in response to the utility’s request for renewable power purchase.

− AECOM reviewed the permitting plans and environmental documents that assisted NRG Solar with a due diligence decision to purchase five solar development projects in California and Arizona.

− AECOM investigated the feasibility of permitting a PV solar project on three different properties in Georgia for Sempra USGP to assist with a response to an RFO on renewable power. In addition to environmental constraints reviews, permitting plans and cost estimates for permitting a project on these sites were provided. A full ASTM Phase I Environmental Site Assessment also was prepared for each site.

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Project Client Size Description

ArizonaMesquite Solar Energy Project

Phoenix, Arizona

Sempra Generation 400 MW Constructability Assessment, Environmental

Resource Studies, Surveys, Impact Assessment,

Compliance Plan and Development, Groundwater

Monitoring, Resource Assessment, Hydrology

Studies and Hydrologic Design

Saguaro Solar Plant Red Rock Arizona Public Service

Company

1 MW Siting Studies, Civil Engineering Design,

Compliance Plan Development, Groundwater

Modeling

California AV Solar Ranch First Solar 230 MW Permitting, Regulatory, Due Diligence,

Environmental Impact, Environmental Resource

Studies, Surveys and Impact Assessment

Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base 1.4 MW Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering

Design, Technology Due Diligence and Selection

Colton Solar One and Two Specialized Energy Solutions 4.4 MW Environmental Studies, CMI, Electrical Structural

Design and Engineering

Conrac Garage PV Array San Jose International Airport 1 MW Compliance Plan Development, Detailed Design

and Engineering

Corona Solar PV SunEdison 1 MW Detailed Design and Engineering

Hutchison Desalination Plant El Paso Water Utility 2 MW Owner’s Engineering, Groundwater Modeling,

Economic Analysis

Kern County Beacon Solar PV NextEra Energy Resources 250 MW Environmental Resource Studies and Surveys,

Resource Assessment, Environmental Impact

Assessment, Permitting

Lancaster Solar PV SunEdison 2 MW Detailed Design and Engineering

Lanco Solar PV Power Station Lanco Solar International LTD. 1.5 – 5 MW Technology Due Diligence

McCoy Riverside County NextEra 750 MW Detailed Design and Engineering

Mojave Desert Solar Project First Solar Electric 230 MW Permitting

Naval Facilities Engineering

Command

U.S. Navy 6 MW Siting Studies, Technology Due Diligence and

Selection, Detailed Design and Engineering,

Construction Management

Pine Tree Wind Farm PV Project Los Angeles Department of

Water and Power

9.75 MW Detailed Design and Engineering, Procurement,

and Construction Assistance

Riverside County Blythe Solar

Power Project

NextEra Energy Resources 485 MW Owner’s Engineering, Permitting, Hydrology

Studies, Compliance Plan Development,

Constructability Assessment, Construction

Monitoring, Environmental Resource Studies,

Surveys and Impact Assessment, WEAP Training

Riverside County PV Solar

Generation

First Solar Electric 21 MW Permitting

Sacramento Municipal Utility

District

Sacramento Municipal Utility

District

200 MW Siting Studies, Resource Assessment

SES Solar One San Bernardino County 663.5 MW Owner’s Engineering, Permitting

SES Solar Two Imperial Valley CA 750 MW Environmental Resource Studies, Surveys, Impact

Assessment and Hydrology Studies

Solstice Solar NextEra Energy 250 MW Design and Engineering Services, Transmission

and Interconnection

Southern California Edison

Rooftop PV

Southern California Edison 250 MW Technology Selection, Project Management

Additional solar project experience


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Project Client Size Description

Tierra del Sol, San Diego Soitec 60 MW Site Studies, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical

Engineering Design

FloridaFPL DeSoto Next Generation

Solar Energy Center

Florida Power & Light 25 MW Plans of Development, Siting Studies

NevadaSpectrum Solar PV Clark

County, Nevada

SunEdison NA Detailed Design and Engineering

New JerseySolar Energy Program New

Jersey

PSEG 80 MW Project Management

TexasCentennial Farms and

Somerset Solar, San Antonio

Texas

SunEdison 30 MW Detailed Design and Engineering, Feasibility

Studies, Technology Evaluations, RFP

Development, Construction

Decker Solar PV Array, Texas

Austin Energy

SunEdison 300 kW Detailed Design and Engineering

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Energy storage capabilities

The Need for Energy StorageEnergy storage systems have the ability to break the nexus between electricity production and demand, although aside from pumped storage hydropower, dispatchable generation has traditionally been more economical than storing energy for consumption at a later time.

There are a number of contributing factors for the viability of energy storage technologies for both grid-connected and off-grid remote applications, such as:

− The rising price of electricity and gas due to the combination of increasing network charges to meet peak demand events, variable electricity charges, carbon policies, and power reliability standards that together will influence the need for smarter ways to deliver and use electricity.

− The Renewable Energy Target is contributing to an increased penetration of variable renewable energy supply that will need to be effectively matched to the load.

− Our power networks and supply/demand points are becoming more dispersed and fragmented through an expanding decentralised system that will continue to be a challenge for grid operators to maintain power quality, flexibility, and stability on our electrical systems. This creates demand for ancillary services such as reactive power, energy balancing, frequency, and voltage control, and for the evolution of smart grids.

As these factors become more prevalent, there will be a greater need for more economical solutions to maintain the delicate supply-demand balances in our energy systems. Energy storage technologies are expected to move down the cost curve and are suited to managing the balancing required for energy generation to be decoupled from its supply. It ultimately enables an electricity system to only need sufficient generating capacity to meet the average demand rather than the peak demand.Applications for Energy StorageUnlike liquid or gaseous energy carriers, electrical energy usually needs to be converted into another form of energy, incurring conversion losses. Numerous storage technologies have been developed that rely on mechanical, electrochemical, thermal, electrical, or chemical energy.

Assessing these technologies is best done at the application level, taking into account power rating, storage duration, frequency of charge and discharge, efficiency, response time and site constraints that determine the power, and energy density requirements. The investment decision in a storage facility comprises two principal components: a cost per unit of power ($/kW) and a cost per unit of energy capacity ($/kWh).

Energy storage technologies can provide high reliability and power quality to support energy networks and support higher penetrations of renewable energy.


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There are several energy storage technologies with various characteristics that make them suitable for specific market applications.

− Bulk energy storage technologies are appropriate for applications requiring the transfer of large quantities of energy and power. These technologies can be charged by large amounts of variable generation renewable electricity or grid electricity during low demand. In general, pumped hydro storage (PHS) (accounting for over 99 percent of global energy storage capacity) and compressed air energy storage (CAES) are the most suitable for bulk storage applications however, both technologies face site availability issues.

− Transmission & Distribution grid power quality management and load shifting/following applications require characteristics of both bulk energy storage and power quality energy storage devices. Batteries are a major component of the storage landscape and can serve a wide range of applications with intermediate power and energy requirements. These technologies differ according to their electrodes and electrolyte chemistries: sodium-sulfur (NaS), lithium-ion (Li-ion), and advanced lead-acid.

UltraBattery are best suited for stationary storage due to their higher power, higher energy densities, and greater durability. Despite these advantages, durability, together with costs and safety concerns, remains the biggest hurdle to commercial development. In addition to conventional batteries, research is being conducted into flow batteries, such as vanadium redox (VRB) or zinc-bromine (Zn/Br) batteries, which use the same reaction but with two separately stored electrolytes, allowing for power and energy decoupling. These technologies are more costly due to their complex balance of system, and further development and demonstration efforts will be needed.

Power quality systems require instantaneous and reliable ride-through power, and hence the most important characteristics are the discharge speed and the cycling ability. For applications where providing power in short bursts is the priority, flywheels, superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES), and supercapacitors appear to be the most attractive options, as a result of their high power density, high efficiency, high response time, and long lifespan. However, costs are high and most of these technologies are currently at the demonstration phase.

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Global Energy Storage MarketThe growing concern over climate change and energy security has led to a raft of policies and regulations that have raised the awareness about energy savings and provided a boost to the energy storage industry that has otherwise been constrained by high upfront costs. Energy storage systems are experiencing steady growth worldwide, and a number of analysts have forecasted a multi-fold increase in global market size by 2020. Some of the market drivers for growth include wholesale electricity price volatility (market arbitrage application), smoothing out loads for distribution scale storage and energy security, and price savings from load shifting for the end user. These drivers, in conjunction with the increased pressure for government bodies to set renewable energy targets and the development of smart grid technologies, have helped shape the emerging energy storage industries in Asia, Europe and North America.

So far, the main driver of recent investment into batteries has been the automotive and portable device industry in its push to develop more efficient and longer life products. The recent surge in uptake of renewables has propelled the need for the development of roadmaps for energy storage, which is expected to identify R&D gaps and barriers to development (e.g. regulation, ownership); clarity on development milestones; and an increasing need for suitable business cases.

When renewables (wind and solar) reach a point of grid parity and increase in penetration, energy markets experience grid instability resulting in higher and less sustainable capacity payments to have conventional plant on standby in order to maintain supply security. As such, serious consideration of energy storage’s impact on the entire market is required for a smoother transition.


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Representative energy storage projectsSouthern California Edison, WDG Battery Storage Integration to PV ProjectsCaliforniaAECOM prepared interconnection applications for three battery-based energy storage projects in Southern California Edison service territory. Each has planned capacity of 2 MW. They are collocated with existing solar energy projects that AECOM helped develop but they are stand alone in terms of interconnection, power offtake and ownership. Preliminary design was based on ABB technology.

SolarWorld, PV Project Puerto Rico AECOM is currently engaged with SolarWorld on a PV project in Puerto Rico that has an energy storage component. We are providing on-call, as-needed, technical services for a 10 MWh PV project that has roughly 5 MW of battery energy storage. The purpose of the battery energy storage system is to smooth power ramps due to the intermittent generation resource as well as provide frequency response to the utility during off-nominal frequency events as required by PREPA, the utility provider.

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AECOM’s experience with energy storage provides the following observations:

− The increasing levels of investment and the emergence of subsidy schemes that drive volumes could lead to similarly dramatic reductions in cost as those seen in solar PV, which would then accelerate the cycle of improving economics and volume adoption.

− Demonstration of the technologies in varying applications is essential to build market confidence and greater understanding of the benefits or challenges of integration.

− Business case consideration needs to be made on a case-by-case basis, taking into account and properly quantifying the cost of addressing the many unique features of the site and potential multiple revenue streams.

− Energy storage technologies can provide high reliability and power quality to support energy networks and support higher penetrations of renewable energy.

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Contact usLeonard Dorr

Senior Vice President - Power

Pacific

P 626.375.2270

E [email protected]

John Hoffner

Renewable Energy Practice Leader

Americas

P 512.419.5028

E [email protected]

Joe Kuebler, P.E.

Senior Chemical Engineer

Wind Energy Practice Leader

P 512.419.6550

E [email protected]

Dale Gauthier, P.E., CEM

Vice President, LA Metro Area

Power, Energy and Industrial Business Unit Leader

P 760.318.5164

E [email protected]


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