Energy / Solar

We have a long history of designing innovative energy solutions that adapt to the ever-changing range of resources.

Today, as the global energy landscape constantly evolves, our experts stand equipped with agility, experience, relationships, and solutions to support your dynamic processes and design your next build. We can fast-track your solar manufacturing process, help you sustainably power the future by designing a greenfield or brownfield hydrogen fuel cell production plant, bring you industry-leading ISO-Class 6 cleanroom expertise for your small modular reactor technology, and still provide the energy modeling services on your traditional high-voltage substation and transmission system.

Always with our eye on the future and a full bench of energy experts in both production and research-driven fields, we offer experience providing microgrid battery energy storage solutions, designing electrolyzer facilities, and everything from polysilicon purification to ingot, wafer, cell, and module fabrication. So, we’re poised to deliver your next energy project, no matter its scope.

A Power-Full History

SSOE’s journey in energy began as the go-to firm for utility, municipal, and facility power clients, examining the economics and lifecycle costs of traditional energy options while continuously exploring the renewable and alternative energy resources available at the time. Our legacy portfolio boasts more than 1,000 pipeline and terminal projects for major oil and gas companies providing us with first-hand experience working in petroleum environments at the height of refining. This expertise has honed our unparalleled skills in large-scale infrastructure design, process engineering, and project management, positioning us perfectly to support the industry’s shift from traditional energy sources to renewable alternatives.

Integration

Innovation

Our multidisciplinary process and facilities professionals understand that facilities exist to house the manufacturing processes within them and are more than just shade and shelter

$66M

Cost Savings

SSOE has documented savings of more than $66 million for clients in the energy sectors

250 MW

Expansion

SSOE recently spearheaded a 250,000 SF facility expansion, doubling its capacity from 250 MW to 500 MW with tight site logistics and a process that went from crystal growing through cell manufacturing

    “SSOE is always easy to communicate with, always on top of what they need to do. If something’s happening or if we need something, they’re always willing to step up.”

    Senior Project Manager, Energy Client

    Solar

    From polysilicon purification to ingot, wafer, cell, and module fabrication, our experience has earned the confidence and trust of our high-level clients. Broad-based technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of the latest solar technologies enable SSOE to provide a full scope of design services to the solar industry with efficiency and excellence.

    Working in rapidly evolving, technology-driven industries like solar means we can’t always disclose our projects. However, here’s a few clients we can mention:
    • Canadian Solar
    • DuPont
    • First Solar
    • Starsight Energy
    • Xunlight Corporation
    • Automated material handling systems (AMHS)
    • Basebuild facility / retrofit design
    • Brownfield and greenfield design
    • Campus master planning
    • Central / Process utility buildings
    • Chemical delivery systems
    • Cleanroom design
    • Cooling / Heating / Ultrapure water systems
    • High purity gas systems
    • HVAC systems
    • Power distribution systems
    • Seismic retrofitting
    • Solvent / Aqueous waste collection and treatment systems
    • Sort / Assembly / Test projects
    • Subfab design
    • Solar cell manufacturing 
    • Tool installation, design, demolition, and construction

    Alternative Energy

    We help clients discover the most advanced, environmentally friendly processes, products, and facilities, saving them millions of dollars. Our energy team includes production experts from the food, glass, and petroleum industries, alongside specialists with strong backgrounds in research-driven fields like chemical and pharmaceutical. Plus, in 2023 alone, we designed over 9 million SF of LEED-certified projects. This diverse experience ensures your processes and facilities will incorporate the best practices and technology available today, with the flexibility to accommodate growth and change in this evolving industry.

    Hydrogen / Fuel Cell

    • GrafTech International
    • University of South Carolina
    • The University of Toledo

    LEED Facility Design

    • Honda of America
    • Toyota
    • University of South Carolina
    • Volkswagen

    Ethanol & Biodiesel

    • American Biodiesel
    • Blue Earth Biofuels
    • Lakota Biofuels
    • Memphis Biofuels
    • Solscient Energy
    • Wind Energy Corporation
    • Battery / EV
    • Biodiesel production
    • Biomass
    • Coal gasification
    • Ethanol production
    • Fuel cell
    • Hydro
    • Hydrogen
    • Landfill gas
    • LEED facilities
    • Solar energy component production
    • System integration
    • Waste to energy
    • Wind energy
    • Cleanroom technology
    • Conservation of materials and resources
    • Energy efficiency and renewable energy
    • Ethanol Balance of Plant (BoP) design
    • Front-end engineering and feasibility studies
    • Hydrogen storage and fuel cell research
    • Indoor environmental quality
    • LEED certification
    • Material handling
    • Power generation / distribution, peak shaving, and cogeneration
    • Process design for hydrogen production, distribution, and storage
    • Project management
    • Proprietary biodiesel process
    • Recycling and chemical separation
    • Safeguarding water and water efficiency
    • Sustainable facility design and evaluation
    • Sustainable site selection and planning

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