Making a Difference Through
Performance for over 50 Years
Power Generation
Van Ert Electric has been working in the power generation industry for over a quarter century. Our teams have extensive experience in gas turbine and coal fired power plant construction, nuclear plant maintenance, DCS and instrumentation upgrades, coal conversions and handling systems, environmental upgrades (precipitators, bag houses, scrubbers) and other ancillary system installations. Our senior project managers and superintendents bring years of successful power plant experience, pre-construction and constructability analysis, and construction expertise to every project we undertake. Van Ert Electric brings proven site management systems and programs to your project including QA/QC, safety, document control, project resource scheduling, equipment and material procurement, installation tracking, testing, start up and commissioning.
Services
- Transformer assembly, flushing, filling, testing
- Isophase and non-seg bus installation
- Substation erection
- Medium and low voltage power system design and installation
- Instrumentation and Control
- PLC programming
- Pneumatic tubing
- Control panels
- Interior and exterior lighting
- Grounding
- Heat tracing
- Fire alarm systems
- Security systems
- Teledata systems
- Thermal Imaging
- Motor brush inspection
- Arc flash evaluation
Major Projects
General Electric Company, Inland Empire Energy Center, Romoland, CA
800 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plant utilizing the first two GE 7H combustion turbine units.
Calpine Corporation, Fox Energy Center, Kaukauna, WI
600 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plant utilizing two GE 7FB combustion turbine units and a Toshiba steam turbine.
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Combined Locks Energy Center, Combined Locks, WI
80 megawatt co-generation facility utilizing a GE LM6000 combustion turbine unit.
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Weston Power Plant, Weston, WI
Addition of a 500 megawatt Weston 4 coal fired unit.
Manitowoc Public Service, Manitowoc, WI
Addition of a 55 megawatt #9 coal fired unit.