Renewable Energy Capability
Zero Harm is our corporate vision for health, safety and the
environment (HSE).
We are committed to our vision; it applies to all of our operations,
at all times, in all locations, and at all levels of responsibility.
We will actively work to align our expectations and behaviors
with those required to achieve our vision through a dedication
to continuous improvement.
The launch of our HSE framework, OneWay
TM, enables us to further
align and consolidate our global systems and procedures and continue
to work with our personnel to reinforce a culture that underpins our
drive to achieve our corporate differentiator of industry leadership in
the HSE performance.
Corporate Overview
WorleyParsons is a leading global provider of professional
services to the resources & energy sectors, and the complex
process industries.
We cover the full asset spectrum, both in size and lifecycle, from the creation
of new assets, to services that sustain and improve operating assets.
Our business has been built by working closely with our customers through
long term relationships, anticipating their needs and delivering inventive
solutions through streamlined, proprietary project delivery systems. Strong
growth continues to characterize our performance both through organic
development and through strategic acquisition as we strive to provide tailored
services wherever our customers need us.
EcoNomics™ is our range of services and technologies that profitably embed
environmental, social and financial sustainability into project delivery, across
the asset lifecycle. It is a seamless extension of our established project
delivery capability in the key areas of Assessment, Efficiency and Treatment
& Mitigation. We are committed to working with our customers to turn their
sustainability objectives into good business practice.
• Power
• Minerals & Metals
• Hydrocarbons
• Infrastructure &
Environment
40
countries
137
offices
29,100
personnel
“There is no task so important or urgent in
our business, or a customer’s business,
that it overrides the need to work safely...”
Client Value and Benefit
Integrated Services
WorleyParsons’ vertically integrated approach to Infrastructure & Environmental services benefit the
client during all phases of project development, from site selection and feasibility analysis, to preliminary
engineering and permitting, through detailed design and construction. Our environmental, planning,
permitting and compliance specialists work side by side with the rest of the project team, ensuring more
effective project communication, streamlined development, and efficient project execution.
Competitive Rates
Integration results in lower overhead and means WorleyParsons can offer infrastructure and environmental
services under a single contract and rate structure with our engineering services. The multipliers used in
our rate structure are significantly lower than is typical of environmental consulting companies.
Full Service Capability
WorleyParsons capabilities include complete environmental, planning, permitting and compliance services,
enabling true “One-Stop Shopping” for our clients. Our staff include many personnel distinguished in their
field of practice, augmented by key alliances with contracted subject matter experts and partners/affiliates
with strong local capability and presence throughout the west. Alternatively, WorleyParsons can augment
the project engineering team with key Infrastructure & Environment capabilities to provide optimal value for
the client by integrating those services most closely allied with the engineering workstream.
Representative Clients
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BP Solar
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Brightsource/Luz II
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Competitive Power Ventures
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EPRIFPL Energy
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LS Power Nevada Power
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NextEra
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Next Light
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PacifiCorp
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Salt River Project
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Sithe Global
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SolarReserve
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Ausra
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Cogentrix
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Los Angeles Department of Water &
Power
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Sacramento Municipal Utility District
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Siemens Power Transmission &
Distribution
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Colorado State Governor’s Office
30+
years of providing
environmental services
Renewable Energy
WorleyParsons is on the forefront of the rapidly expanding
field of renewable power generation.
Supporting this expertise is a global company with resources and professionals that
can handle all aspects of your organization’s power needs.
Change in today’s power industry is motivated by rapidly increasing power demand,
growing public resistance to conventional power sources, and fuel price instability.
This change has spawned a wave of state-mandated requirements such as
renewable energy portfolio standards and carbon emission caps. As greenhouse
gas issues continue to make the headlines, this trend is destined to continue.
The WorleyParsons Renewable Energy Program provides the capability
and experience to adapt to changing power generation needs by providing
comprehensive services to the power industry in all aspects of renewable execution,
including:
9,000+
MW total renewable
projects
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Renewable portfolio management
support
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Project feasibiilty studies
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Plant site evaluation and selection
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Technology evaluation and consulting
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Conceptual plant design
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Plant cost estimates
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Cost/benefit analysis
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System modeling
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Performance prediction
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Environmental impact studies
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Permitting and licensing
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Specification preparation
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Substaion and transmission design
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Detailed plant design
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Procurement services
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Construction management
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Operation and maintenance
services
Project: Water Resources Evaluations – Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants
Customer: Confidential
Phases:
WorleyParsons is providing water supply development services for one 250 MW and one 700 MW parabolic trough solar power plant located in Southern California. All potentially available water resources were evaluated and a detailed groundwater paper studies were completed. Based on the results of these studies, geophysical investigations were completed as a rapid and non-invasive means of gathering data about subsurface water-bearing formations and variations in salinity. The water supply investigations will target degraded aquifers that meet California water policy for use as a wet cooling water supply, and will be extracted at depth so that impacts to the water table and shallow wells are minimized. WorleyParsons is currently implementing a test well and aquifer testing program, developing recommendations for production well completion and modeling groundwater impacts at one of the sites.
Project: Feasibility and Permitting Analysis - Solar Power
Customer: Confidential Phases:
WorleyParsons provided engineering and environmental services for the preliminary development of solar power plants located within the State of Arizona. The WorleyParsons environmental staff evaluated the feasibility of siting a solar power plant at various locations within the State and conducted a comprehensive evaluation of applicable State and Federal permit and regulatory requirements. Based on this study, a permit and regulatory requirements matrix was developed. In addition, a conceptual environmental constraints analysis was conducted to evaluate fatal flaws related to water resources, wastewater, cultural and biological resources, land use, air resources, agricultural resources, and socio-economics.
Project: Development Management Consulting – Central Receiver Solar Power Plants
Customer: Confidential
Phases:
WorleyParsons is providing environmental services for proposed central receiver solar thermal power plants ranging in size from 100 MW to 250 MW. Our focus is on guiding solar energy projects through site selection and federal, state and local regulatory compliance and permitting. To date, we prepared more than eleven Plans of Development for projects on BLM land in Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico. In addition, our services include conducting water supply studies, managing the EIS process, coordination of sub-consultants, land use & siting analysis and agency liaison. These are provided in a fully integrated capability with our services as the Owner’s Engineer on the projects. Our services are ongoing and continue throughout the entire development process.
Project: Renewable Energy Development Infrastructure (REDI) Project
Customer: Colorado Governor’s Energy Office Phases:
WorleyParsons was contracted to identify ecological and land use constraints as well as permitting pathways that affect renewable energy development and transmission in Colorado. Generation Development Areas (GDAs) were previously identified for the state by the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) as optimal areas for wind and solar energy development in Colorado. The GDAs were central to the analysis which included a GIS component to identify the spatial distribution of critical habitats and sensitive species, as well as land use patterns and permitting requirements as they relate within and between GDA boundaries. The studies conducted by WorleyParsons are to be used by the GEO to understand the permitting processes and the ecological constraints to better know how to stimulate the development and transmission of renewable energy and to provide information to help shape policy changes as needed for this stimulus.
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Environmental Capability
WorleyParsons provides environmental services to support
all aspects of renewables development, construction and
operation.
Development Management Consulting
• Project Funding Option Analysis
• EcoNomics Assessment
• Regulatory Policy Analysis and Consulting
• Opportunity and Constraints / Fatal Flaw Analysis
• Site Selection and Optimization
• Land / Right-of-Way Acquisition Support
• Water Supply Investigation and Water Rights Acquisition
• Regulatory Agency Liaison
• Public Affairs / Community Outreach
Environmental Impact Assessment
• California Energy Commission Application for Certification (AFC)
• NEPA Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EA)
• CEQA Environmental Impact Reports (EIR), Initial Studies, Negative Declarations
• Arizona Corporation Commission Certificate of Environmental Compatibility
• Nevada Utility Environmental Protection Act Permit to Construct a Utility Facility
• Public Utilities Commission Certificate of Public Necessity
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Air Dispersion Modeling
• Groundwater Impact Modeling
Project Permitting and Planning
• Siting Evaluation and Feasibility Analysis
• Water Resource Investigations
• Biological Resources Assessment
• Cultural Resources Assessment
• Mitigation Monitoring Plans
• Permit Management Plans
• Air Permitting
• CWA Section 401 and 404
• Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR)
• Waste Discharge Permitting
• Stormwater NPDES and SWPPP
• Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC)
• Hazardous Materials Management
• Building and Planning Permits
• Construction Monitoring and Compliance
6,000
renewable MW in
design
600+
environmental
specialists
Project: EcoNomics-Based Site Selection – Concentrating Solar Thermal Power
Customer: Confidential
Phases:
On behalf of a major utility, WorleyParsons developed an innovative EcoNomics-based approach to optimize site selection for parabolic trough and central receiver-based thermal solar power plants. Initial steps consisted of GIS based evaluation of a broad area and identification and relative ranking of subareas based on resource quality, physical conditions (e.g., topography), availability of infrastructure (transmission, water supply, roads, gas), and potential environmental and permitting constraints. Each factor was then weighted based on its contribution to revenue or development cost, and the results geographically mapped to identify optimal areas for development.
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Project: Application for Certification – Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power
Customer: Confidential
Phases:
WorleyParsons has conducted project engineering and environmental services to complete an Application for Certification and supplemental data requests for a 250 MW thermal solar power plant located in southeastern California. Elements of the AFC include project description and engineering, flood and alluvial fan runoff and sediment transport modeling, input for noise and air dispersion modeling, traffic, soils and geology, hazardous materials, waste management (including preparation of a Report of Waste Discharge), water
resources, and alternatives evaluation. In addition, WorleyParsons completed an aeolian sand transport evaluation in support of sand dune habitat impact analysis and an ancient shoreline investigation in support of cultural resources impact evaluation.
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Project: Special Use Permit and Certificate of Environmental Compatibility - Solar Power Plants Customer: Confidential
Phases:
WorleyParsons is providing engineering and environmental services for the preliminary development and permitting of two separate solar power plants located within the State of Arizona. WorleyParsons staff is providing the technical and engineering documents for the Special Use Permit, Aquifer Protection Permit and Certificate of Environmental Compatibility, including the project description, preliminary engineering, waste management, hazardous materials, air permitting, groundwater impacts and other components. In addition, WorleyParsons has conducted a groundwater resources investigation and is supporting water rights negotiations.
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Project: Sentinel Project Environmental Compliance Management
Customer: Competitive Power Ventures
Phases:
WorleyParsons is providing environmental compliance management services for
construction of an eight-unit simple cycle, gas turbine peaker plant to be constructed near Desert Hot Springs in California. Environmental services are being provided as part of our role as the Owner’s Engineer, and as part of an integrated team with our engineering, construction management and commissioning services. Services performed include preparation of a compliance management plan and coordination of compliance activities between the client, the EPC contractor and environmental consultant, evaluation and support throughout California Energy Commission certification process, assessment of the Conditions of Certification and their potential impact on the construction schedule, and attendance at evidentiary hearings and regulatory meetings.
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Key Personnel
Loren Hettinger, PhD
- Chief Ecologist
Dr. Hettinger has over 30 years of consulting experience preparing environmental assessments and environmental
impact statements and developing constraints analyses for resource development projects. His areas of expertise
include EIA strategies and preparation; regulatory and permitting analysis and support; ecosystem analysis and
mitigation planning; and wetland delineation. Dr. Hettinger has managed EIS projects for proposed power plants on
BLM land, EIS projects for power transmission projects, site analysis and selection projects for biomass- and
solar-powered renewable energy production facilities, and feasibility and constraints analyses for power development
projects. Mr. Hettinger has acted as Natural Resources Coordinator for several major utilities in support of major
transmission projects.
Debbie Builder, JD
- Senior Development Manager
Ms. Builder has over 10 years experience guiding developers through the regulatory process. Client specific
services include developing entitlement strategy; due diligence, feasibility analyses; site acquisition; management
and preparation of CEQA & NEPA compliance documents; client regulatory permitting assistance; policy analysis;
coordination and relationship building with local, regional, and state governmental agencies; public outreach,
consultant management; project scheduling and budget. She is acting as Development Management Consultant for
solar energy projects on private and BLM lands in California, Nevada and Arizona.
Mark Lunsford, MURP
- Principal Scientist
Mr. Lunsford has over 23 years of environmental consulting and operations experience for hazardous waste, military,
transportation and power-related projects. He has prepared NEPA documents for military and transportation facilities,
and evaluated environmental permitting requirements for ports, rail terminals, power plants, electric transmission
lines, renewable energy, carbon sequestration and steel manufacturing facilities. His operations experience includes
hazardous waste site remediation and investigations, preparation and implementation of storm water pollution
prevention plans, and wastewater monitoring programs in compliance with NPDES.
Michele Scott, PMP
- Senior Compliance Manager
Ms. Scott has over 10 years of construction, civil engineering management and environmental experience as
a Construction Manager, Land Development Forward Planner and Project Manager. Ms. Scott’s environmental
experience includes site analysis, permitting, mitigation management, evaluation of environmental reports and
impact studies, solar energy maintenance and reclamation planning, SWPPP design, implementation and onsite
compliance management. Ms. Scott’s construction experience includes onsite project management, document
control, construction document coordination, contract management, design review and value engineering, entitlement
permitting, infrastructure, decommissioning, demolition, construction and compliance management.
Mike Tietze, PG, CHG, CEG
- Senior Hydrogeologist
Mr. Tietze is a Certified Engineering Geologist and Hydrogeologist with over 25 years of environmental consulting
experience. Mr. Tietze has conducted water supply assessments for numerous solar power projects throughout
the arid southwest, including groundwater resources development studies, alternative water supply investigations
and water resources impact evaluations. In addition, he has managed the permitting of surface impoundments and
evaporation ponds and routinely advises clients on water resources development strategy and water rights issues.
Mr. Tietze is also experienced with engineering geologic and geologic hazards assessment of solar power plant sites.
WorleyParsons has added a new differentiator to
emphasize the importance we place on profitable
sustainability – for our customers and in our own
business. EcoNomics™ brings together and extends our
range of services in environmental, social, and financial
sustainability. It is our plan that these services will be
embedded into all aspects of project delivery, across the
asset lifecycle. In this we are focused on the green and
the black and we see enormous potential for optimizing
existing assets, solving customer problems, and
developing new solutions.
WorleyParsons has been built on long-term relationships,
anticipating customer needs, and delivering solutions.
Today we are committed to working with our customers
to create solutions to meet the green challenge while
staying in the black. EcoNomics™ is our range of
tailored, expert services, and proprietary technologies
that profitably embed environmental, social, and financial
sustainability into all aspects of the asset lifecycle.
To meet the challenge, some of the ways we are helping
customers are to:
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Build in business resilience
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Modify facilities
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Increase efficiency
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Reduce energy consumption
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Reduce emissions and create cleaner operations
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Engage stakeholders
WorleyParsons is uniquely positioned to work globally
and locally with our customers
to deliver on the value of
EcoNomics™. Our leadership
role in resources and energy,
together with our global
network of experts, allow us
to tailor solutions for projects
and operations – large and
small. We have a range of
technologies, processes, and
systems built for application
to even the most complex of
these problems and a team of
experts in all of our regions with
practical in-market experience.
We also bring our culture of
results and innovation to help
customers meet the challenge of sustainability with our
resources and energy.
EcoNomics™ capability
includes, but is not limited to:
Assessment
Strategic environmental and economics
analysis
Social and community impact modeling
Risk and sensitivity assessment
Complex marine systems analysis
Efficiency
Energy efficiency
Water efficiency
Sustainable building design
Rail efficiency
Advanced systems modeling
Logistics modeling
Treatment
Gas cleaning
Clean coal
Recycling
Mining tailings management
Water treatment
Mitigation
Carbon credits and trading
Desalination
Renewable energy
Carbon capture and storage
EcoNomics™ is about delivering
projects that are responsive to
changing business drivers that our
customers face as a result of climate
change and resource limitations.
Our Vision
WorleyParsons will be the preferred global
provider of technical, project and operational
support services to our customers, using the
distinctive WorleyParsons’ culture to create
value for them and prosperity for our people.
Leadership
• Committed, empowered
and rewarded people
• EcoNomics
™– Delivering
profitable sustainability
• Integrity in all aspects
of business
• Energy and excitement
• Minimum bureaucracy
Relationships
• Rapport with all
stakeholders
• Open and respectful
• Collaborative approach
to business
Agility
• Smallest assignment to
world scale developments
• Local capability with global
leverage
• Responsive to customer
preferences
• Optimum solutions
customized to needs
Performance
• Zero harm
• Results for our customers
and employees
• Creating wealth for our
shareholders
• World-class resources,
capability and experience