EDF Thermal Engineering: 7 complementary areas of expertise to serve our clients in Asia
The strength of our Thermal Engineering relies on 7 key areas of technical expertise.
All with a single goal: to support the successful operation of your thermal power plants in Asia.
Regardless of:
- The energy sources: diesel, oil, coal, combined gas cycle, liquefied natural gas - GNL, nuclear, renewables (solar, wind, geothermal, biomass),
- The required technologies: battery storage, decontamination, eMonitoring, ISO certifications…
Strategy & Consultancy in thermal power engineering
Our expertise in strategy, emblematic of our consulting know-how, will support your project from the very outset.
Your challenges?
Initiating a project to build a thermal power plant or to expand its operation, assessing its relevance.
Our expertise as thermal engineering consultant:
- Assistance to develop master-plans
- Support to the pre-development phase
Designing a thermal power project in Asia
We help you formalize your project and define its specific characteristics to concretely implement it.
Your challenges?
Detailing your project, designing its main components, incorporating all necessary elements for successful implementation, anticipating on the building phase.
Our expertise in project development:
- Feasibility studies
- General design
- Preparation and monitoring of RFQs
Construction & Commissioning of a thermal power plant construction project
Once your project has been defined, our Thermal Engineering will assist you as supervisor or project management consultant (OE owner’s engineer) to manage your construction site, from the building phase up to operational commissioning.
Your challenges?
Launching the building phase in full serenity, ensuring smooth operations at the building site, taking final delivery of a ready-to-run site.
Our expertise:
- Supervision of construction
- Assistance to project management (OE)
- Commissioning of facilities
Operation & Maintenance (O&M) of thermal power assets
Our skilled Thermal Engineering experts are trained to monitor your activities in Asia, from proper daily operation to maintenance.
Your challenges?
Ensuring efficient operation, upgrading existing assets, anticipating asset aging and maintenance issues.
Our expertise:
- Management of operation and maintenance activities / O&M Technical assistance
- Efficiency improvement
- Assistance to training and skills development
- Optimization of the organization
- eMonitoring: remote monitoring of the power plant performance and equipment behavior
Transformation of thermal power facilities
We provide support services to assist transformation and upgrading projects on your existing thermal power assets in Asia.
Your challenges?
Extending the lifespan of a site, relocating of assets, modifying rated power capacity, switching to another energy source, modernizing your equipment.
Our expertise:
- Management of transformation projects
- Expertise in lifespan extension and upgrades
- Support to relocation or conversion of facilities
- Support to restructuring and repowering
Decommissioning of thermal power plants
The shutdown of a thermal power plant or of part of its facilities requires dedicated expertise that our Thermal Engineering teams can provide.
Your challenges?
Shutting down the operation of all or part of your thermal power generation site.
Our expertise:
- Preparation of final operational shutdown
- Safety & security activities
- Asbestos removal
- Dismantling of facilities
Environment
We implement environmental standards without jeopardizing your productivity requirements.
Your challenges?
Minimizing your environmental footprint, fostering the integration of your facilities into their environment, decontaminating a power generation site.
Our expertise:
- Assessment and optimization of environmental performance
- Decontamination
- Waste treatment