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Guiding Principles
- Consistently exceed client goals and expectations.
- Inspire and value the trust of our clients.
- Preserve integrity in all aspects of our business.
- Maintain a broad based technical proficiency in state of the art energy systems.
- Maintain a supportive work environment, treating others with dignity and respect.
Distributed Generation
As an energy engineering company, AESC has strong professional interest and broad experience in the evaluation and application of distributed generating technologies for various energy market segments.
Distributed generation, the application of relatively small power plants near or at load centers, is generating competition among energy suppliers and regulated power delivery service providers. Advancements in conventional small generators (i.e. reciprocating gensets, gas turbines) and new technologies (i.e. micro-turbines and fuel cells) are proving to be more efficient, cleaner, and easier to site than larger centralized power plants. Distributed generation, therefore, has the potential to reduce power delivery costs, open new energy service markets, improve electric service reliability, and decrease environmental impacts from power generation.
Some examples of AESC’s capabilities in this rapidly developing arena include:
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Technology Evaluation
AESC has extensive experience in the economic and performance evaluation of advanced generating technologies for distributed applications including: fuel cells, microturbines, reciprocating gensets, and photovoltaics, as well as wind, industrial, and aeroderivative gas turbines. AESC offers technology evaluation results for application development, strategic investment, and/or competitive intelligence.
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Market Assessments
AESC specializes in market assessments for the restructured electric markets – domestically and internationally. AESC’s capabilities include market definition, segmentation, and penetration projections.
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Performance Testing & Monitoring
Distributed generator performance helps manage O&M costs. AESC provides electrical and thermo-hydraulic performance testing for all distributed generating technologies. Tests are custom-designed for client objectives and budgets. AESC also offers remote monitoring and control system installation for clients wishing to institute central management for a fleet of distributed generators.
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Natural Gas Fuel Distribution Support
For those distributed generators fueled with natural gas, AESC offers expertise in natural gas distribution system design that includes gas distribution piping systems, regulator stations and meter sets.
Specialized Services
Significant Publications on Distributed Generation
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