ENERGY + UTILITIES
KORE personnel have a broad spectrum of utility experience in their portfolio of services. Those services include studies, design, specification, procurement, and construction administration of the following systems:
- Power generation
- Transmission and substation 69kV to 500kV
- Overhead and underground distribution 4kV to 35kV
- Substation and distribution system automation
- Control and protection design, wiring, and commissioning
- SCADA control center, master stations, remote terminal units, and communications
- Automated meter reading
- Load management
- Metering design
- Utility data management systems
- Fire protection systems
- HVAC design
- Distributed control systems
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, INC.
NORTH SHORE DEVELOPMENT– ANNALY BAY, ST. CROIX, USVI
Annaly Bay is a planned resort community that features hotels, a casino, estate homes and other residences located on the north shore of St. Croix. The owners of this development wish that it be independent of the local utility. KCG provided general guidance and recommendations to the owners in regard to on-site energy plant alternatives. The engineering study provided recommendations that would utilize proven, environmentally acceptable energy plant technologies compatible with the island infrastructure. KCG provided a detailed report on cogeneration, renewable energy sources, fossil fuel and energy efficiency design. In order to perform this study, KCG performed a load analysis of all planned elements of the project, including the hotels, planned amenities and residential components.
ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT fOR tHE CITY oF VERO BEACH / ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
Responsibilities have included providing plant engineering services for all ongoing projects. Specific projects include plant UPS replacement including battery and redundant inverters and battery chargers; burner management system replacement for a 48MW oil/gas fired boiler; replacement of underground cabling to a remote cooling tower; emergency diesel generator installation; outage planning and management; etc. All projects have included complete responsibility for all activities from issuing equipment specifications, performing bid evaluations and purchase recommendations, through to equipment installation and commissioning.
CENTEX CONSTRUCTION INC.. – EMERGENCY/BACKUP GENERATOR sIZING fOR a 16 STORY HIGH-RISE oFFICE lOCATED iN CITY PLACE iN WEST PALM BEACH, FL.
This office is being marketed as the premier office building in West Palm Beach, FL. The project involves sizing the generators being used as the legal standby/emergency generator as well as the generators capable of powering the entire building in the even of a utility interruption. The marketing of the building has been such that tenants are guaranteed of power interruptions of no longer than 10 minute duration with complete switchover to backup power generation.
CITY oF VERO BEACH 69kv TRANSMISSION LINE RELOCATION
Feasibility Study and Estimate to relocate a 69kV electric transmission line for the widening of 58th Ave. KORE evaluated the potential solutions for relocating this transmission line to accommodate the widening of 58th Ave., considerate of the existing businesses, and probable substation relocation. The KORE recommendation was to build a new transmission line in parallel with the existing. KORE utilized Chain Electric, a contractor based out of Hattiesburg MS to assist in the construction portion of the estimate.
SKY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT – CALHOUN COUNTY, FL
In February of 2007, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) awarded KCG a $1.8M grant to demonstrate district heating and cooling, photovoltaic and solar thermal roofing systems, thermal and energy storage, other renewable energy measures, and overall system integration on the SKY project. Florida State University (FSU) Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) and University of North Floridateamed with us on this effort. KORE is proud to have been selected from over 200 applicants to provide leading edge technology services on this project and to provide a showcase from which optimal supply and demand side system integration can be demonstrated by SKY and FDEP to lead the way for future Florida development. The official FDEP press release is attached.
U.S. DEPARTMENT oF ENERGY
NORTH FLORIDA ALLIANCE
The Intelligent Microgrid study was a collaborative effort of the North Florida Alliance represented by the Unioversity of North Florida, Florida State University CAPS (Center for Advanced Power Systems) and the University of West Florida. The study was funded through a grant received from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution Technologies. KCG provided systems integration and automation expertise to the University of North Florida’s School of Engineering as they studied the future development of Intelligent Microgrids.
JEA COMMONWEALTH SERVICE CENTER - BACKUP GENERATION AND LIGHTING DESIGN
KORE recently provided evaluation, recommendation, and design services for the JEA Commonwealth Service Center outdoor lighting and emergency generator systems. Tasks included lighting intensity compliance design, emergency generator evaluation, recommendations, and budgetary cost estimate.
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CITY OF VERO BEACH 69KV TRANSMISSION LINE RELOCATION |
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Feasibility
Study and Estimate to relocate
a 69kV electric transmission
line for the widening of 58th
Ave. KORE evaluated the potential
solutions for relocating this
transmission line to accommodate
the widening of 58th Ave.,
considerate of the existing
businesses, and probable substation
relocation. The KORE recommendation
was to build a new transmission
line in parallel with the existing.
KORE utilized Chain Electric,
a contractor based out of Hattiesburg
Ms., to assist in the construction
portion of the estimate. |
| CITY OF VERO MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT |
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KORE
Consulting Group has functioned
as the City of Vero Municipal
Power Plant Electrical Plant
Engineer under subcontract
to Harris Group, Inc. since
January 1, 2006. All plant
upgrades and projects were
handled in this role. Various
upgrades/projects included
underground cabling replacement
to the Unit 4 cooling tower,
plant inverter, battery and
UPS replacement, Unit 4 Burner
Management system replacement,
relay coordination studies
and settings, troubleshooting
of numerous equipment failures
and unit trips, overall plant
UPS system requirements and
upgrades, specification of
Unit 2 static inverter replacement
and design of a system interface
for an emergency generator.
In
our role as the Electrical
Plant Engineer we functioned
as a direct report to the
Plant Manager with responsibility
for all decision making related
to the projects handled. All
construction activities were
managed in this role and all
startup activities were part
of the job description. |
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