Case
Studies
Energy Solutions in Action
AMN Consulting is a premier consulting firm specializing in electrical engineering, project management, and design solutions. Our expertise in energy delivery quality, resiliency, efficiency, and compliance empowers clients across diverse industries to overcome complex challenges and achieve operational excellence. Below are select case studies showcasing our innovative, results-driven approach to solving critical power and energy challenges.
Power Quality Solutions
Stabilizing Operations for an Insurance Branch Office
Client: Insurance Branch Office
Challenge: Frequent power interruptions disrupted phone and computer systems, halting business operations and impacting client service.
Our Approach: We conducted comprehensive power quality monitoring, pinpointing continuous voltage disruptions caused by a faulty refrigeration unit’s contactor switching and an unbalanced breaker panel load.
Solutions Delivered:
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Rebalanced the breaker panel load to ensure stable power distribution.
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Removed the defective refrigeration unit to eliminate voltage disturbances.
Results: Immediate resolution of voltage disruptions, with no further issues reported during a one-week follow-up. The client resumed seamless operations, enhancing productivity and customer satisfaction
Optimizing Production for a National Commercial Bakery
Client: Commercial Bakery of National Brand Products
Challenge: Power interruptions caused conveyor oven shutdowns, resulting in product loss, warped oven rollers, and production delays that threatened national distribution quotas.
Our Approach: Through detailed power quality monitoring, we identified daily voltage disruptions linked to utility capacitor bank switching and an undervoltage trip setting in the oven’s variable motor drives. We also discovered that “fail-on” natural gas burner nozzles caused oven overheating during shutdowns.
Solutions Delivered:
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Collaborated with the motor drive vendor to adjust undervoltage trip settings, enabling drives to withstand voltage fluctuations while preserving warranty coverage.
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Partnered with the local utility to optimize capacitor bank control settings, reducing external disruptions.
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Redesigned gas-fed oven burner nozzles to “fail-off,” preventing overheating during power events.
Results: Eliminated conveyor oven shutdowns, ensuring uninterrupted production and safeguarding product quality. The bakery met national distribution targets, boosting operational reliability and profitability.
Enhancing Reliability for an Industrial Plant
Client: Industrial Plant
Challenge: Power quality issues, including extended outages and momentary disturbances, disrupted critical plant processes, reducing operational efficiency.
Our Approach: We conducted a thorough review of the plant’s power feed, identifying multiple separate feeds that caused outages across contiguous processes. We analyzed the nature of disturbances, including both prolonged and momentary events.
Solutions Delivered:
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Recommended consolidating the plant’s contiguous processes under a single utility feed with an alternate feed option for redundancy.
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Proposed “voltage ride-through” motor contactors for critical motor drives to mitigate momentary disturbances.
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Developed a flywheel energy storage solution to address momentary outages, with implementation deferred pending performance monitoring.
Results: Significantly improved plant reliability, with enhanced process continuity and reduced downtime. Ongoing monitoring ensures optimal performance, with the flywheel solution available for future scalability.
Renewable Energy Interconnection : Streamlining Solar Project Development
Client: Multiple Solar Project Developers
Challenge: Coordinating utility interconnections for numerous solar projects required navigating complex prescreening, application, modeling, and engineering processes.
Our Approach: We served as a trusted partner, collaborating closely with local utilities to streamline interconnection workflows and ensure compliance with technical and regulatory requirements.
Solutions Delivered:
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Conducted site suitability assessments to optimize utility interconnection feasibility.
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Developed high-level cost estimates to secure Notices to Proceed (NTP).
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Coordinated interconnection applications, resolving site control and utility easement requirements.
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Supported site engineering and provided detailed specifications to utilities, facilitating application approvals.
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Results: Advanced multiple solar projects toward NTP, enabling developers to meet project milestones and deliver clean, sustainable energy. AMN’s expertise ensured efficient, compliant, and cost-effective interconnection processes.
Smart Grid Deployment (2010s)
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Overview: After a major hurricane devastated a metropolitan area, a leading utility provider restored power to millions by rebuilding critical transmission and distribution infrastructure.
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AMN Relevance: Martin Narendorf, serving as a VP at the time, likely oversaw elements of this large-scale recovery effort—contributing to AMN’s deep expertise in storm-hardening design and rapid project execution.
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Outcome: Power was restored ahead of schedule, improving grid reliability and demonstrating core capabilities in crisis response and infrastructure resilience.
Advanced Smart Grid Deployment (2010s)
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Overview: A major utility launched a region-wide rollout of smart meters, upgrading energy monitoring and enabling real-time service data.
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AMN Relevance: Under Martin’s leadership, this strategic integration laid the groundwork for AMN’s approach to modern grid technologies and scalable infrastructure upgrades.
Renewable Integration Project (Hypothetical)
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Overview: A utility company sought to connect a 100 MW wind farm to a regional grid, encountering interconnection delays and permitting challenges.
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AMN Involvement: Leveraging Martin’s experience in utility coordination and grid access facilitation, AMN designed the substation and accelerated the approval process.
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Outcome: The project was completed 20% faster than industry averages—highlighting AMN’s ability to resolve regulatory bottlenecks and deliver efficient, high-quality infrastructure solutions.