Off-grid hybrid power solutions
Remote communities and industrial facilities want to reduce their reliance on liquid fuels such as oil and diesel, which can have unpredictable, volatile prices and risks to the environment. Wind and solar power offer clean alternatives that can be integrated into a remote energy mix. Improved methodologies, such as Hatch's proprietary microgrid controller technology, help integrate renewables and energy storage into remote grids.
Wind
Demand for emission-free forms of energy is strong. Costs for wind-generated power are continuing to decline, and installed capacity is growing globally at an exponential rate. Nonetheless, wind power projects are far from straightforward. For over twenty years, we have been supporting our clients in the development, approvals, engineering, implementation, and operations of wind farms. We can help from concept to commissioning.
Offshore Wind
Densely populated cities along the globe’s coastlines are working hard on the transition to a lower carbon generation mix. Offshore wind represents one of the cornerstone generation methods and a compelling solution for many regions of the world. However, the challenges of building large-scale power generation arrays comprised of ever-larger turbines within busy coastal environments are many. Our expert teams can support you in all matters, including environmental permitting and approvals, economic impacts and social license, master planning, port development, supply chain, procurement and logistics, HVDC power interconnection, system studies and integration, and project management.
Solar
Efforts to address climate change are spurring heavy investment in renewable energy all around the world. Solar power is leading the charge and opening up new opportunities for developers, corporations, and investors alike. Innovation in all aspects of the industry, from technology and design to project delivery and financing, are driving down costs.
You need the value that comes from having sound advice, optimized designs, and cost-efficient facilities. We can help across the entire project life cycle, from development to engineering, construction, operations, and asset management. Our work spans the spectrum, from remote communities needing a few hundred kilowatt-hours to gigawatt-scale projects that can potentially power continents.
While the biggest uptake for generation for solar energy resource is in photovoltaics (PV), Hatch also has proven expertise in solar thermal systems, from non-concentrating collector systems for industrial applications to GW-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) arrays for grid electricity and industrial process heat.
Energy storage
While potentially ubiquitous, wind and solar energy are intermittent in nature and as a result, require other technologies as part of a complete energy solution, including Energy Storage Systems. Presently, lithium-ion battery deployments are experiencing exponential uptake, while other technologies such as well-proven pumped hydro or compressed air storage technologies are potential options for long duration energy storage.
Numerous other technologies are moving up the technology maturity ladder; flow batteries, for example, are becoming increasingly practical for longer duration energy storage applications. They and others are currently positioned as key enablers to achieving a future where electricity is predominantly derived from low-carbon technologies. While utility grid-scale solutions are highly impactful, the increasing drive to reduce fossil fuel consumption, use local resources, increase resiliency, and improve lives via reliable electricity generation at smaller, more remote sites and communities can also be enabled through energy storage systems.
Owner’s Engineering
Timelines are tight, EPC margins are narrow, supply chains are challenged, and permitting has hurdles. These are just some of the reasons why you need a strong owner’s engineering team. Hatch provides a complete range of services to support renewable power projects for developers and owners, covering the complete development cycle, from concept to construction and handover. We can augment your development team or be your development engineering team.
Energy resource assessments and site selection
Resource assessment is critical for the development of a successful wind or solar power project. The detailed evaluation of the wind regime or solar irradiation at a power project site enables accurate energy yields to be predicted and financial projections to be made.
We leverage our experience across a global range of climates, from the Camanchaca in the Atacama Desert to the extreme cold and snow of the Arctic Circle, to bring specialized knowledge about each region to our assessments and designs. Our roots in renewable power are in wind resource assessments, met towers and measurement campaigns since 2003. We are familiar with the many sources of data including satellite, ground station, and hybrid measurements needed to bring the greatest certainty to climate measurement, and the integration of that knowledge with project design. We utilize a combination of industry-leading and accepted analysis tools alongside in-house tools that we have been evolving and advancing for two decades.
When projects shift over from pre-construction to operational, all the expectations get crystalized into real world results. To analyze operating projects, our data scientists and engineers have the capability to break projects and data down to levels of detail that allow us to identify and isolate underperformance issues, and work with our clients to minimize losses, identify solutions, and improve operations.
With our staff distributed across five continents, we have experts available to provide local support to our clients wherever they may be located and bring a regional perspective to our global best practices. We provide individualized design and project concepts to each and every client, with an eye for best meeting their unique needs as developers, owners, investors, or operators at whatever stage in the project life cycle they approach us.
