Caldwell Energy has
been providing combustion turbine inlet air cooling systems to power generators
for over 5 years. Educating the market on the advantages of installing
inlet cooling equipment for their generation assets, Caldwell has provided
systems in the United States, Korea, Thailand and Australia, having installed
systems on 120 combustion turbines, totaling over 1000 MW.
Caldwell Energy and
Environmental, Inc. is a turnkey provider of combustion turbine inlet
air cooling systems for power generators around the world. We set out
to be a single point responsible design/contracting firm for power companies
wishing to increase the output and efficiency of their combustion turbines.
"We are a true/single point responsible' turnkey provider of thermal
energy storage, direct chilling, fogging and wet compression cooling technologies.
No other company can provide this product portfolio and fairly evaluate
all types of inlet cooling power augmentation systems," John Kraft,
president of Caldwell Energy said.
"As the ambient
temperature rises, air becomes less dense. Combustion turbines, which
are a constant volume machine, lose significant power output (over 25%)
on hot days when they ingest much less air, producing much less power.
Caldwell Energy provides inlet cooling systems to cool the air entering
the combustion turbines, thus gaining back much of the 25% power loss
due to ambient conditions."
As deregulation unfolded,
it became apparent to all power generators that they must become much
more efficient in producing electricity. The market was going to open
up - they were to have competitors. No longer did they have a protected
territory, and engineers began looking at ways of optimizing their assets.
Caldwell Energy's inlet cooling systems had to be modified to meet base
load needs, as well as peak demand needs. That developed into a broader
focus on chilling and evaporative fogging technology systems.
We were adapting
our product to serve the base-load generator. In fact, one of our first
large projects was for a base load generator in the northeast United States
- an on-line chilling system for a Frame 7EA combustion turbine.
In continuing to
answer the needs of the power generation industry, Caldwell has recently
opened a California office to meet the increasing west coast needs. In
2001, we will be offering wet compression technology to the power market,
a technology which will revolutionize inlet cooling design.
In addition to turnkey
services, we are offering complete operation and maintenance programs
and will continue to offer financing packages for customers. We will continue
to develop our international profile, as other countries deregulate and
experience the need of generating additional power efficiently.
As most people know,
the years from 1995 through 2000 were the most pivotal in U.S. power generation
history.
Deregulation was
sweeping the nation. Several generation categories existed - regulated
utilities, deregulated utilities, qualified facilities, non-utility generators,
wholesale generators and independent power producers, just to name a few.
Our customers were ever changing and our products had to adapt to this
rapidly changing energy market.
As our mission statement
reads, Caldwell Energy will exceed the expectations of our customers and,
by doing so, will be the market leader in the design, fabrication, construction
and commissioning of combustion turbine inlet air cooling systems. Our
efforts will continue to focus on continual improvements in engineering,
product quality, productivity and service.
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