To meet the ambitions of the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the decarbonisation of industrial sectors is urgent.

However, across fertiliser production, shipping, aviation, chemicals, iron and steel production, reducing the CO2 emissions of these sectors is proving a challenge due to the limitations of available technology today or the costly nature of available solutions.

Listen to our CEO’s take on why you should partner with BWSC for your energy projects

Today, most hydrogen production relies upon carbon-intensive fossil fuels. However, to achieve significant CO2 emission reductions, green hydrogen production will have to be scaled up to deliver upon its potential as an energy carrier and produce the feedstock necessary for decarbonisation.

Thus, green hydrogen plants are the missing link in the value chain to satisfy the demand for green feedstock and support the energy transition.

A typical green hydrogen plant (or Power-to-Hydrogen) consists of the following:

• Renewable power technology such as solar PV panels
• Water electrolysis plant uses electrolyser technology such as alkaline or proton exchange membrane (PEM)
• Balance of plant equipment to support the conversion of green electricity to green hydrogen and ensure its safe purification, transport and storage

Power-to-Hydrogen plants require seamless integration across several systems, from the power supply and conversion to hydrogen production, storage and possible additional conversion steps.

Our vast experience with complex electrical, mechanical, process and control systems within power plant infrastructure means we are well-placed to support your endeavours.

As a technology integrator, BWSC handles all site installation, including the engineering and installation of critical connections, power source and utility connections, and general project management.

We also offer assistance with sales services and maintenance throughout the plant’s entire lifecycle.

We are excited to discuss your project ideas and utilise our expertise in engineering and project execution to find a personalised solution in partnership with a range of technology suppliers.

BWSC designs and executes fuel conversions on ageing power plants.

In partnership with BWSC, we can offer unparalleled insight into the technical, economic, and legal issues that power plants face.

Existing plants are subject to dynamic market conditions, regulations and changing fuel availability. However, with a heightened focus on our impact on the planet and climate change, we seek to enhance your operations through lifetime extensions, improved efficiencies, and NOx emission reductions.

In addition, we can deliver fuel conversions to optimise the existing fuel mix, improve alternative fuel usage, plant efficiency and maintenance, and minimise your operation’s environmental impact.

Delivering fuel conversions for plants enables new fuel handling capabilities and managing blends, both solid (biomass) and liquid fuels. We have considerable experience in conversions of all types, particularly boiler and engine conversions.

We offer two boiler conversions: bio-to-bio and non-bio-to-bio.

For bio-to-bio conversions, such as wood chips to wood pellets or dust, involves:

• Lifetime extension retrofits such as drum and heating surfaces
• Replacement of old firing systems with efficient, low-NOx firing systems

Whereas, non-bio-to-bio conversion, such as coal-to-wood pellets:

• Conversion from fossil-fired to biomass-fired boilers
• Evaluation of boiler upgrade suitability
• Upgrade of fuel supply and preparation system

We offer two solutions within engine conversions for engines to operate on dual fuel mix and gas.

• Conversions from heavy fuel oil (HFO) to operation on cleaner fuels such as ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) or future green energies such as e-Methanol
• Engine conversions to operate on gas

We look forward to discussing your project ideas and hope our team’s expertise in engineering and project execution can help you find the solution you desire.

Our hybrid power plant solutions ensure energy supply security, maximize renewable energy output and reduce the operational costs of your facilities.

Due to the rapid decline in the costs of technologies such as solar PV panels and wind turbines, renewables are increasingly competitive with diesel-, gas- and biomass-fueled baseload power plants. 

However, to meet demand, a reliable base load source when natural elements are not favorable for energy production is necessary—for example, through conventional fuels such as diesel, gas, and e-fuels in the future.

Hybrid power plants are an essential progression towards cleaner, more efficient, and affordable low-carbon power generation solutions. 

They ensure a high degree of flexibility through additional power generation sources that can cater to the variability of renewable energy with fast ramping capabilities to handle peaks and falls in energy supply and demand.

At BWSC, we seek to design and implement the right solution for your challenges and can deliver on- and off-grid hybrid solutions. 

Our on-grid solutions consist of grid-connected hybrid power plants for power export. Furthermore, we also offer off-grid hybrid solutions for remote applications, where reliable and affordable power is necessary to improve energy security and save fuel costs on existing plants.

We evaluate technologies and systems using state-of-the-art modelling tools and conduct electrical stability analysis. In addition, we design and implement intelligent control systems to support the retrofitting or extension of your plant or facility.

BWSC offerings in brief

Sizing of facilities and technology evaluation	Electrical stability analysis	Design of intelligent control system
• Optimal sizing of the hybrid plant, including conventional Genset (new/ old), renewables and storage • Provide a complete picture of plant costs from investment (CAPEX) to lifetime OPEX • Design systems for the lowest possible levelized cost of energy (LCOE)	• Simulations for improving response in case of fault events and instability • Tuning of controllers and protection devices • Optimal placement and sizing of BESS on the grid	• Ensuring real-time reliable power production and minimizing total power production cost • Custom control system solution to fit your specific needs • Grid analysis

BWSC is a leading O&M Contractor for boiler-based biomass and waste plants, liquid- and gas engine plants and we are more than ready to include plants of the future energy sector.      

Whether you are a financial investor, developer, owner, or other partner, BWSC should be your first call when looking for a proven contractor with a dedicated and highly experienced team to operate and maintain your energy plant.

When you choose BWSC, you get:

• Competitive OPEX
• Predictable lifetime costs
• Ongoing plant optimisation
• Fixed Fee structure and guaranteed performance
• Mitigation of operating risks
• Sustained asset value through best practice
• HSE and ISO certified operation and maintenance
• Maximum return on investment (ROI)
• Bankable contracts

Our success is owed to decades of worldwide experience and by listening to our customers and understanding their requirements.

Tailor-made solutions  

From the very beginning of any cooperation, we spend valuable hours identifying the optimal solution for your plant through long-term O&M agreements, where we are with you every step of the way:

• Project development, plant design and construction
• Mobilisation & training of staff during commissioning
• Turnkey Operation & Maintenance
• Technical specialist assistance
• Spare parts and plant consumables
• Plant optimization and upgrades
• Access to our wide network of OEMs

We partner with local authorities and communities at all our sites. Using local skills and expertise can help contribute to regional growth and prosperity and ensure our customers receive stellar service.

Safeguarding your plant

Successfully operating a power plant is a 24/7 task. As a plant owner or investor, you anticipate and expect smooth, continuous operation with high levels of availability and reliability. But no matter how well prepared, issues will inevitably arise, and it is imperative to have experienced and dedicated people at hand, ready to find solutions so no time is wasted. We provide O&M services around the clock to protect your investment and secure the plant’s availability, not only by the plant staff but also by the technical support teams in the head office.

Working together

To achieve results, BWSC relies on cooperation and teamwork with our main equipment suppliers, local service providers and most importantly our customers. Customers and suppliers are our partners, and we are in this together, with mutually agreed targets and success criteria. This is the backbone of the BWSC philosophy.

Enabling the right people to make the right decisions

We believe that, when possible, power plant decisions should be made locally and not only behind a desk at headquarters. Our well-trained and local employees make this possible. We empower them with full responsibility, enable them to take action and solve issues wherever they are stationed.

Only results count

We guarantee a high and stable availability on your plant, and we keep our promises.  We work hard to safeguard our reputation, and we are proud to say that our operation and maintenance staff has earned the respect of power plant owners and the industry worldwide.

Electrical services are in BWSC’s DNA.

With over 40 years of experience with power plant infrastructure, at BWSC, we support your plant through upgrades, lifetime extensions, repairs and troubleshooting on all electrical equipment and systems.

Power plants are built to be robust and have a lifetime of 20 years. However, that does not mean operational problems or equipment breakdowns do not occur.

BWSC helps ensure your plant’s reliability and performance through our electrical services. In addition, we can offer detailed technical surveys and studies of your site, identify issues and suggest viable solutions such as 1:1 replacement or a transition to more renewable energy solutions, depending on the case. 

We work with:

• High voltage GIS and AIS substations and transformers
• Medium voltage equipment and systems
• Low-voltage equipment and systems
• Automation systems

BWSC takes pride in ensuring the safety and accessibility of your plant by:

• Delivering a detailed on-site technical survey report and recommendations on the best technical solution
• Engineering, supply, erection, test, commissioning and project management.
• Upgrade or lifetime extension of obsolete equipment such as AVR, synchronizer, control systems, breakers and protection relays
• Inspection, servicing and repair of existing electrical equipment such as generators, switchgear, transformers, and auxiliary equipment
• Troubleshooting operational problems, including trip and root cause investigation, protection equipment setting, transformer oil DGA and more

At BWSC, we ensure the timely delivery of optimal spare parts for your plant and, in the process, help reduce your administration costs. We sell parts and components in more than 40 countries around the world with more than 2000 purchase orders per year.

Top 10 categories for spare parts/components being sold:

• Engine
• Boiler
• Separator
• Turbocharger
• Water treatment
• Control system
• General mechanical (compressors, pumps, valves, bolts, pipes, compensators, gaskets etc.)
• General electrical (switchboard, breakers, generator etc.)
• Reconditioning
• Tools & Instruments

Due to our decades of experience working closely with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), we can deliver the correct selection of spare parts at competitive prices.

Ageing power plants often need to replace components. However, in certain instances, the desired part is no longer in production. Consequently, the absence of this discontinued part can significantly impact the reliability of the plant’s operation and performance and future integrity.

At BWSC, our spare parts team can ensure the delivery of spare parts vital for mechanical and water treatment equipment and electrical and distributed control systems. In addition, they also are responsible for the following:

• Assisting with long-term inventory planning and purchasing plans for items such as consumables, circulatory and safety parts.
• Coordinating the handling of complete packages at competitive prices
• Providing timely delivery across the globe through various freight options with support from our experienced shipping department

At BWSC, our customers can tailor their spare parts supply agreement to include technical support depending on the power plant owners’ needs.

We also offer reconditioning services on 2-stroke engine components, such as pre-inspection, condition assessment and reconditioning according to OEM procedures. 

At BWSC, we offer a broad range of field services. Whether providing tailor-made solutions for field equipment-related issues or overall site supervision, BWSC aims to meet your plant’s specific needs.

Our goal is to ensure the safety, reliability and efficient operation of your plant and, in doing so, improve performance and availability.

As power plants age, their maintenance requirements grow, and their availability deteriorates. As a result, the cost of running operations increases. However, the introduction of specialist service providers can help to mitigate these issues through the performance of quick and cost-effective maintenance work.

Today, more businesses than ever are outsourcing their extensive overhauls to ensure their plant’s availability remains high and deliver a reliable service between Time Between Overhauls.

BWSC can facilitate field services on engine- and boiler-based power plants, ranging from: 

• Site supervision – complete service team or the provision of a site specialist dedicated to your team
• Advanced engineering and project management
• Installation and maintenance
• Troubleshooting and repairs
• Complete overhauls

Our tailored field services for your plant can ensure specialist technical support and timely site activity execution concerning quality and budget. We deploy our technical support teams worldwide to deliver field services.

Our offerings include:

Boiler	Engine	General
• Acute service and repair works • Scheduled revision works • Boiler weighing • Acid cleaning • Pressure test • Grate overhaul • Fuel feeding system • Trimming and optimization	• Total engine overhaul • Engine/generator realignment • In situ machining • Torsional vibration damper overhaul • Heat rate measurement • Vibration measurements and analysis • Crankshaft exchange • Engine and generator foundation repair • Supervision • Service hub Panama	• Supervision • Mechanical systems • Electrical systems • Generator service & repair • DCS/SCADA

Optimize your power plant

Our priority at BWSC is to facilitate improvements to your plants’ operation, financial and emissions performance via upgrades and life extension work.

Unfortunately, ageing plants are prone to higher emissions, reduced reliability, breakdowns and higher OPEX that can affect many significant plant sections, from waste heat recovery systems to engines and water handling systems.

To ensure the availability and reliability of your plant and its compliance with local and global regulations, BWSC utilises modern technological solutions and the retrofitting of existing plant equipment to meet your specific needs.

There are several advantages to upgrading your plant:

• Improved plant revenue – due to waste heat recovery
• Reduction in emissions – due to the replacement of obsolete equipment & waste heat recovery
• Higher reliability – due to the implementation of contemporary technology
• Compliance with the latest environmental legislation

Building on our decades of experience in supplying lifecycle solutions, BWSC possesses the technical and organisational expertise to deliver complete packages for your power plant’s upgrade, repair, and rehabilitation.

We evaluate the viability of prospective upgrade projects through the:

• Technical plant surveys and assessments
• Budgetary evaluation
• Feasibility studies

BWSC delivers a broad range of upgrades, lifetime extensions and rehabilitation measures in partial or total:

Complete rehabilitation, equipment repair and test & commissioning measures	Retrofit	Upgrades, lifetime extensions or replacement
• Plant breakdown • Fires & flooding • Mature, run-down plants • Emergency services	• Waste heat recovery systems for power, heating, cooling and desalination • Emission abatement • Conversions for engines & auxiliary equipment • Oily water & sludge handling systems • Boiler wash water effluent systems	• Plant control systems – DCS and SCADA • Obsolete electrical equipment • Governors • Oil separators • Cooling systems • Variable speed converts

When building energy facilities, it makes sense to hire BWSC.

Our unique position in the marketplace as an independent lifecycle solutions provider means we possess the knowledge, talent and experience to deliver upon your ambitions, whether in:

• Engineering
• Erection and installation
• Test and commissioning
• Project management services.

At BWSC, we help our customers plan and deliver quality energy projects within their deadline, on budget and with minimum risk.

Complex energy facilities are subject to multiple risks, such as budgetary security, project timelines and various interfaces for execution.

However, when collaborating with BWSC, we seek to support our customers to realise their aims, including the transition to greener energy sources.

We offer lifecycle solutions across the following:

Project management – we ensure ownership of the process for our customers and bring their aspirations to life by:

• Management of engineering, installation and commissioning activities
• Procurement, logistics and transportation

Engineering – managed by our in-house electrical and mechanical engineering specialists:

• Plant and system design
• Plant upgrade and conversion design
• Automation design
• Plant integration

Installation – brownfield and greenfield installations of:

• Conventional and emerging technologies, from diesel engines to water electrolysers for green hydrogen production
• Plant components and systems such as lube-oil coolers, separators and water treatment systems
• Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
• Complete plants

We can deliver a range of digitalization & automation services. Our experience supporting clients who include EPC contractors means we are well-positioned to help improve your plant’s reliability, efficiency, and operations. And in the process, strengthen your bottom line.

At BWSC, we can offer the following Automation services:

• Complete Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) services for new power plants – design, engineering, and installation
• IACS upgrade and maintenance activities
• Secure network infrastructure architecture design for the entire Information Technology (IT) and Operation Technology (OT) plant environment.

We also offer the following Digitalization services:

• Cyber Security Management Services (IEC 62443)
• Digitalization includes secure data transformation (Industry 4.0/5.0)
• Service agreements which include online Control System service support, remote monitoring & troubleshooting, security patch management, security network monitoring and health check monitoring.

In particular, we look to support our client’s Control & Safety Systems (SCADA & DCS) Upgrade.

As the Control System of your plant ages, it poses a significant risk to the power production process through unplanned downtime and higher maintenance costs.

At BWSC, we support your business transformation through a state-of-the-art, tailor-made Control Systems and for high availability solutions, we recommend Distributed Control System (DCS). In addition, we possess a wealth of knowledge developed through engagement and support of a variety of client-specified architecture requirements.

BWSC is an agnostic integrator that primarily are working with Control & Safety solutions from well-known suppliers as ABB (800xA, Compact HMI), Siemens (SIMATIC PCS7 & WinCC) and Rockwell Automation (ControlLogix). We have a vast experience integration a variety of DCS & SCADA Control Systems from many different vendors.

Our approach

To ensure a smooth and successful outcome to the implementation of a Control System upgrade, we follow a 6-step approach to satisfy your requirements:

A Control System upgrade with BWSC involves the following activities:

• Replacement of IT, network equipment and control system hardware
• Upgrading control network, server, and workstations
• Improving the ability to monitor alarms, events, and other plant data, adding redundancy
• Integration of different control technologies into a single system

Furthermore, BWSC offers Service Agreements tailored to the client’s needs to support plant uptime and ensure the highest power plant availability.

In addition, the Service Agreement seeks to protect your plant and business from unexpected breakdowns or failures of the Control System that may cause financial losses.

Clients can choose from a range of support services, including:

• On-site and on-call support, including remote health checks.
• Maintenance site visits, including Software & Hardware health check, capacity checks, battery replacement, security patching and backup/restore testing etc.
• Remote monitoring of the systems including cyber security events like Endpoint Protection, backups to full 24/7 Network Operation Center (NOC) and 24/7 Security Operation Center (SOC)
• Instrumentation and Control engineering specialist support both remote and onsite