Markets: Energy
Today, energy providers and users are faced with increasingly complex dilemmas. Evolving energy markets and shifts in technology and legislation have sparked critical conflicts between supply and demand while giving rise to new challenges in the areas of energy efficiency and carbon mitigation. SEMF’s vast experience across the renewable and non-renewable energy sectors allows us to tailor insightful and holistic solutions to difficult energy problems.
At SEMF, we manage and deliver projects across each phase of the energy lifecycle and are highly attuned to the issues that stem from energy supply, transmission and demand. Our engineers and scientists develop systems for the provision of safe, sustainable and affordable energy and our project managers and consultants design processes that meet competing objectives and multiple stakeholder requirements.
SEMF’s energy knowledge covers storage, transmission, strategy and carbon management and focuses on wind, solar, water and geothermal energy as well non-renewable sources such as coal, oil and gas. We’ve partnered with Australian renewable energy leader Hydro Tasmania to design and install platform layouts for wind farms in South Australia and Tasmania and have constructed complex twin stockpile stackers for the Sonoma Coal project in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.
In the energy management arena, SEMF minimises energy costs and optimises capital investment by completing rigorous audits and commercial assessment and monitoring the energy-efficiency of renewable and non-renewable plants. At SEMF, we combine sustainable thinking with technological innovation to convert waste to energy and engineer smarter systems for carbon capture and develop industry-leading processes to harness wind, geothermal energy and biomass. We also provide environmental planning and energy audits that offer clients precise methods to manage carbon footprints and accurately define targets and goals.
Our major energy sectors include:
Non-renewable
Rising energy consumption rates has meant that demand for non-renewable energy is stronger than ever. However, our increased dependence on fossil fuels has given rise to sustainability pressures and has had new implications for feasibility and cost-effectiveness. At SEMF, we’re well-placed to meet these challenges.
We take an integrated approach to engineering non-renewable energy systems that meet commercial imperatives and sustainability goals. Our work on large-scale non-renewable projects such as on and offshore oil and gas facilities and cross-country pipelines is focused on operational efficiency while minimising carbon footprints and cost. At the same time, our extensive engineering and project management expertise ensures the timely completion of complex projects and that non-renewable systems and facilities are structurally and geotechnically sound.
SEMF’s environmental team applies innovative thinking to the planning and design of processing plants and mining operations across the country. We assist industry partners and corporations with site selection, monitoring and rehabilitation work as well as environmental training and recommendations for site improvement.
Renewable
SEMF applies innovative thinking in renewable energy to develop practical solutions to the sector’s most urgent problems. We deliver projects that address environmental concerns and supply pressures by combining commercial logic with technical expertise. SEMF’s engineers, scientists and renewable energy specialists empower clients to reach diverse carbon management, sustainability and energy efficiency outcomes. We partner with government and businesses to create energy strategies that incorporate geothermal energy, wind, water and biomass and design renewable energy systems to ensure that buildings and industrial developments perform at their best.
SEMF understands that the potential of renewable energy goes beyond eco-consciousness and environmental protection. We collaborate with industry and community to discover how renewable technologies can revitalise urban infrastructure and offer inventive and sustainable sources of power. SEMF’s work on the solar power system for Cadbury Schweppes’ Sydney manufacturing facility is a powerful case in point. Our structural assessment and design services played a major role in the success of the state-of-the-art roof system, which produces enough energy to power 21 homes and saves 140 tonnes of greenhouse gas.
SEMF also works in Building and property, Manufacturing and processing and Resources.
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