Consultants to the Power Industry

Our Mission

To assist participants in the electric power industry with strategic planning and performance improvement.

Company Profile

GPS is comprised of individuals with extensive experience in the electric power industry. We provide consulting services to assist developers, operators, lenders, insurers, and others optimize the economic and thermal performance of facilities, strategically develop assets, and adapt to the changing market.

Company Overview

Global Power Solutions is a privately held consulting firm in the electric power industry concentrating in geothermal and gas-fired combined cycle power generation technologies.  GPS specializes in performance engineering and management consulting activities, including developing test procedures, reviewing, observing, and evaluating power plant testing for owners and lenders, and recommending how plant performance can be improved.  GPS also performs due diligence and optimization studies related to project economics, staffing, bidding strategies and acquisition support.

GPS has worked on projects that range in size from 10 MW to 1500 MW.  Our clients include geothermal and gas fired combined cycle power plant developers, lenders (including both commercial lenders and the World Bank), and government researchers focused on advancing the state-of-the-art in geothermal plant performance from the perspectives of technical capabilities, efficiency, and economics.

The firms principals, Gary McKay and Robert Tucker, have extensive expertise in environmental permitting, operations, performance testing, geothermal resource management, and drilling.  Our headquarters are in Colorado and we have worked on power projects in New Zealand, Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Argentina, Papua New Guinea, Germany, and the United States.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

Design Review

Equipment selection, specification review, and system analysis

Optimization

GPS provides plant design and operational optimization services for both new and existing facilities, using computer models and optimizers to fully optimize plant performance and operational modes. Includes analysis of alternative plant designs, equipment selection, operations, and maintenance to achieve performance characteristics that maximize the economic return of the plant.

Modeling

Computer analysis using third-party or customized software to predict or monitor the performance of pieces of equipment and/or the plant.

Testing

Procedures, supervision, preparation, witness, etc. for performance tests relating to plant and equipment for acceptance, benchmark, dispute resolution, and trending.

Audits

Comprehensive analysis of plant performance to determine degradation, limitations, etc.

Improvements

Locate and evaluate opportunities to improve capacity and efficiency throughout plants.