The production of electricity is dependent on water and water is dependent on electricity for its movement, filtering and production.
In today’s environment, this goes far beyond the creation of electricity through hydro facilities and goes right to the heart of energy management itself.
Halcrow is unique in its understanding, management, planning required between energy and water. Whether it is power plant efficiency improvements lowering the amount of water needed for electricity production or re-designing water facilities to use less intensive pumps and motors, Halcrow has the expertise to support the needs of the marketplace.
From a planning and overall sustainability perspective, more and more companies are realizing the interplay between energy and water—and we can help ensure that relationship is properly understood and analyzed. Often the interconnection is not obvious: shale gas pricing does not yet include the cost of water used in hydraulic fracking for natural gas, or the risk to existing ground water supplies. Halcrow experts understand the issues - and those things that will become issues in the future.