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significant milestone growing to 100 total locations following recent acquisitions. IPS now is offering through an expanded service network critical power management and electromechanical services for customers in the North American, European, and Caribbean Markets. “In reaching the milestone of having 100 locations, IPS has become one of the leading aftermarket service providers for power management and electromechancial services in these markets.” said John Zuleger, IPS President and CEO. “Customers are looking for a trusted advisor to assist them in improving uptime and reliability of their highly technical processes. With a 100-location network, we are getting closer to more customers and improving our ability to respond, rethink, and resolve to their most challenging process problems.” Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, in the US, IPS has one of the aftermarket service industry’s largest networks, with repair and distribution centers, field service offices, and more than 1,000,000 square feet of climate- controlled storage for customer spares and critical equipment. “Each IPS location serves as a gateway to an international network of engineering expertise, technical experience, and resources,” explained Zuleger. “We have 158 engineers, and 1,800 experienced and skilled technicians – including more than 500 field service technicians – ready to meet the most critical challenges in power management processes, electromechanical systems, and rotating equipment.” IPS serves more than 30,000 customer locations annually across a wide range of industries including power generation, utilities, water and wastewater, petrochemicals, air separation, oil & gas, metals, mining, paper, aggregates, cement, hospitals, universities, commercial buildings, and data centers. “We serve as a trusted advisor to our customers, delivering reliability and highly responsive services which allowing them to maintain peak performance and respond quickly to process downtime. The capabilities of our local operational platform and technical talent often exceeds that of other local service providers.” added Zuleger.
Established in 2007, the company has grown
both organically as well as from strategic acquisitions, starting in electromechanical service for electric motors and generators, then expanding services offerings into power management NETA Field Services, distribution, repair and remanufacturing for transformers, switchgear, motor control centers, and control panels, and custom power control equipment beginning in 2021.
Merjent, Inc.
Merjent, Inc (Merjent) and Galileo Project, LLC (Galileo) have announced that Galileo is now a division of Merjent. Galileo was previously a
wholly owned subsidiary of Merjent since April 2024 and the two firms are now fully integrated. With complimentary services, Merjent and Galileo have successfully collaborated with each other on various projects for over a decade. This merger provides better service to clients, career opportunities for staff, more market opportunities, and improved business efficiency, the companies said. The Galileo management team will remain
in key roles, ensuring continuity and stability for clients, and preserving the unique corporate cultures of both companies, while strengthening infrastructure. This merger allows for enhanced services, expanded capabilities, and a continued commitment to excellence for clients across the nation. Galileo Project, LLC, founded in 2010, created the concept of providing Project Management Assistance Contract (PMAC) support, which includes project management, public involvement, and documentation support to state and federal government agencies engaged in environmental permitting, planning, and construction projects. These projects include renewable energy, transmission, pipelines, and planning efforts, among others. Unlike traditional environmental firms who focus on providing products, Galileo’s primary focus is assisting with the process. Galileo is deeply service-oriented, and with their assistance, project teams have more time to focus on technical tasks, strategic thinking, problem solving, and decision making.
Merjent was founded in 2004 by a small
team dedicated to providing environmental consulting services to the energy industry. Today, Merjent provides a wide range of environmental consulting, engineering, field, and restoration services to various clients in the energy industry and reclamation fields. Merjent sets itself apart by providing these services with integrity, quality, responsiveness, and cost efficiency.
Natel Energy
Natel Energy (Natel) was selected by the Fish Enhancement, Mitigation and Research Fund’s (FEMRF) Fisheries Advisory Committee (FAC) to conduct a design feasibility study to assess the downstream fish passage benefits of retrofitting the existing hydroelectric turbines at the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Power Project (Project) with Natel’s innovative FishSafe™ Restoration Hydropower Turbine (RHT) technology. The FEMRF is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Natel is an engineering company specialising in the design of high-performance hydraulic turbines that enable downstream fish passage. The FEMRF is a fund established as a result of the relicensing settlement for the Project between the New York Power Authority for the FDR Project and the Service. The purpose of the FEMRF is to benefit fisheries
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resources in the Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence River Basin and to continue research on the American eel and other species that may be affected by the Project. The St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project is
located on the United States side of the Robert Moses-Robert H. Saunders Power Dam, which spans the St. Lawrence River and United States- Canada border. As a vital component of the region’s energy infrastructure, the 16 turbines on the US side alone produce over 900MW of electricity – enough to light a city the size of Washington, DC. The St. Lawrence River is also home to a very important population of American eels, a species which was once abundant in the region. The plant operator, New York Power Authority (NYPA), has proactively supported these populations, notably with the installation of an award-winning upstream eel passage facility in 2007. Eels need to migrate downstream to the ocean as large adults, and testing at the Project has shown turbine passage mortality to be around 26%. This new FEMRF-funded feasibility study
will leverage Natel Energy’s experience in computational design of turbines that enable downstream fish passage. Natel’s hydraulic turbine designs, which feature optimized blade shape and thickness, have demonstrated 98-100% survival rates for a variety of fish species, including American eel. The study will investigate the feasibility of designing new turbine runners for the existing units in the FDR Project to improve survival rates for entrained fish including the imperiled migratory American eel, while meeting expectations for energy generation and mechanical competence. The improved runner design is also expected to provide high survival for other native species such as lake sturgeon, mooneye, walleye, northern pike, and muskellunge. The study may inform future options and decisions on turbine rehabilitation or replacement, focusing on alternatives that can be carried out cost- effectively while achieving major improvements in fish passage survival. With American eel populations in decline
across North America, improving downstream passage survival of adult, egg-bearing female eels at the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project would support the species rangewide and its important ecological role well beyond the waters of the St. Lawrence River.
Above: American eels may benefit from installation of Natel Energy’s technology
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