SCS provides a peek into our latest proven technology that heightens the quality of modeling and design of renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities. SCS RMC’s cutting-edge drone services, combined with LiDAR technology and data capture, integrate with SCS Energy’s RNG and biogas facility designs to improve plant performance and reduce costs. With less need to be physically onsite for long periods or manage human error – SCS Energy engineers benefit from having real-time, extraordinarily high-quality data and measurements at their fingertips without constant site visits. Designing new plants or adding systems and infrastructure to existing plants is faster and more efficient than ever.
SCS is recognized for its innovations driven by over 50 years of hands-on field experience and engineering sustainable solutions for our clients; we call it One SCS. By combining our expertise and resources, we’re bringing our collective vision to life and reinforcing our unified approach to delivering more value to our RNG facility clients.
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SCS Engineers is excited to announce the appointment of Vice President Jeffrey J. Grill as the new Business Unit Director of SCS Energy. SCS Directors are responsible for geographic business areas or, in this case, a specialty practice in renewable energy under the brand SCS Energy.
Jeff joined SCS Energy in 2019, leading the process engineering team responsible for the design of biogas to renewable natural gas & energy facilities. He has over 20 years of experience in energy and renewable natural gas (RNG) project development. His background is in chemical process engineering and a wide array of engineering and management services, from conceptual to detailed design and implementation. His core values are quality, consistency, and engineering excellence.
Jeff earned multiple B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He has professional affiliations and sits on committees with the Renewable Natural Gas Coalition and the American Biogas Council.
During his career, he has built an execution portfolio of 19 patents and applications and designed over 50 Renewable Natural Gas processing plants with a combined designed production capacity equivalent to 16% of California’s 2021 residential natural gas consumption. That is equivalent to almost one and a half percent of the U.S. residential natural gas consumption, equating to a reduction of over 4.1 million tons of CO2 GHG emissions or 2.1 million tons of coal burned annually. The capacity of the landfill gas to pipeline quality RNG projects that Jeff has designed or supervised totals over 335 MMCFD for landfill gas to RNG and over 34 MMCFD for dairy digester and municipal WWTP gas to RNG.
His work at SCS Energy helps many clients and communities, especially those considering landfill gas to RNG to lower carbon footprints and create renewable energy or renewable fuels. Built on one of the U.S.’s longest and most successful biogas practices in North America, SCS Energy designs, constructs, and operates more landfill gas and digester gas to energy facilities than any other engineering firm in the nation. Its biogas and biomass experts provide turn-key services for RNG plants using byproducts from dairy, swine, or poultry farms into carbon-negative renewable energy.
“Jeff’s colleagues and clients are excited to see him take leadership of SCS Energy from Bob Viers, who will now serve in a leadership advisory role. SCS clients attribute their high-quality results to SCS Energy’s industry-leading expertise in biogas gas utilization, combined with the firm’s wealth of knowledge in solid waste management and regulatory compliance,” stated SCS CEO Doug Doerr.
“Our team is a powerhouse of exceptional talent, filled with professionals whose dedication, passion, and pursuit of excellence leave me in awe. Their unwavering commitment to one another and our collective success is inspiring and humbling. I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside them and deeply appreciate the legacy of Jeff Pierce and Bob Viers,” stated Jeffrey Grill.
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SCS Engineers is a sponsor of the 2023 Food and Beverage Environmental Conference taking place March 26-29, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Incline Village in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
FBEC is the premier and most comprehensive environmental event for the food and beverage industry in the United States. It brings together industry, academia, non-government organizations, and suppliers in a casual atmosphere that allows for the free flow of information and ideas. The conference includes a single program of sessions, information exchange, poster sessions, and socializing and networking events, all of which uncover the latest trends and innovations affecting water reuse, supply chain challenges, air quality and many more.
The 2023 Conference will explore the following topics and more!
Participants and attendees include craft breweries and distilleries, pet food makers, grocery stores, nutritionists, farmers, and food and beverage processors, as well as those involved in transportation, distribution, preparation, supply chain management, EHS, sustainability and wastewater solutions.
Planning your RNG pipeline design requires a review of how the project might impact land use, archaeologic resources, endangered resources, floodplains, wetlands, and soil erosion. The linear nature of pipeline projects often requires permits from multiple agencies, transportation authorities, and railroads. Getting the agencies involved early and identifying review timeframes will help keep your project on track.
Betsy and Andy will present two case studies for RNG pipeline projects where multiple permitting agencies were involved. Each project presented unique challenges that required additional coordination with local, state and federal agencies as well as the Department of Transportation and railroad operator. They share the obstacles faced and how you can overcome or avoid them to keep your project on schedule.
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Betsy Powers, PE, is a senior project manager/civil engineer with over 20 years of consulting experience in civil and environmental engineering at SCS Engineers. She has extensive experience in the solid waste field and is currently managing the pipeline permitting and design for two RNG projects. Her experience includes design, permitting, and construction of municipal and industrial solid waste landfills, as well as recycling and composting facilities. She managed the civil site design for Wisconsin’s first utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) system on a closed industrial landfill.
Andrew Zikeli is a senior biogas project specialist with over 8 years of biogas to renewable natural gas project experience and over 25 years of consulting experience in environmental compliance and permitting. He has extensive experience in RNG project development, plant design, permitting and commissioning, and is currently managing pipeline installation for two Wisconsin RNG projects.
Biogas, CNG, and RNG case studies , information and resources here
