Power Infrastructure Solutions
Two gas architectures, one behind-the-meter outcome - sized to your load, with CHP available where beneficial and solar and storage as optional layers.
We deliver dedicated behind-the-meter power for the loads that cannot wait on the utility grid. Every project is sized to your actual load shape using one of two gas architectures: modular 10 MW RICE units for fast ramp, native N+2, and rolling maintenance, or combined-cycle gas turbines for steady high-efficiency baseload. Solar and battery storage are available as layered options behind the gas plant where they add value, not as standalone products. CHP integration is available where beneficial.
Two Architectures
01 Modular RICE
10 MW reciprocating engine units. Native N+2. Fast ramp. Rolling maintenance.
Modern enclosed RICE plants deliver native N+2 redundancy through a set of 10 MW reciprocating gas engines instead of one or two large machines. The result is a topology that survives engine-level failure without collapsing delivery, supports rolling maintenance without taking the site offline, and replaces a failed unit faster because the unit is smaller and more interchangeable. RICE is well-suited to volatile ramp profiles (AI/HPC compute, batch industrial duty cycles) and to sites where rolling maintenance and faster mean-time-to-repair are operationally material.
- N+2 achieved natively through 10 MW units
- Phased capacity - add blocks as load grows
- Rolling maintenance - service one engine at a time without site outage
- Faster mean-time-to-repair than large frame turbines
- Quieter operation than equivalent open-frame turbine plants
- Fuel flexibility (natural gas with optional dual-fuel configurations)
02 Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine
Steady high-efficiency baseload. Up to 60% thermal efficiency. Large frame.
For very large, steady-state loads, combined-cycle gas turbine plants deliver high thermal efficiency through heat recovery steam generators and a steam turbine bottoming cycle. CCGT is well-suited to sites where load is steady, where total efficiency is the dominant economic lever, and where the site footprint can accommodate a frame turbine, HRSG, and steam turbine train.
- Up to 60% thermal efficiency through HRSG-based heat recovery
- Designed for steady, high-utilization baseload
- OEM partnerships with major frame-turbine manufacturers
- Train-level redundancy
- Strategic siting near gas resources for fuel-supply efficiency
CHP Available Where Beneficial
Smartland sites are engineered so combined heat and power can be added without retrofit risk. CHP captures waste heat from the gas plant and converts it into usable thermal energy for adjacent loads - process steam, hot water, district heating, sterilization, drying, or campus thermal demand. We design the plant so the equipment, footprint, and integration provisions are present from day one. When your thermal-utilization economics support it, CHP is installed without re-permitting the entire site.
For industrial campuses with stable thermal demand, CHP is a real economic lever. For data center campuses with adjacent industrial, agricultural, or district-heating offtakers, CHP is a path to higher total energy utilization and a credible sustainability narrative. For defense installations with billeting, hangar, and maintenance thermal loads, CHP improves energy security per dollar.
Layered Options Behind the Gas Plant
Solar
Utility-scale solar can be layered behind the gas plant to offset daytime energy, generate Renewable Energy Certificates, and support sustainability claims attached to the offtake. Solar is sized to the site and the offtaker's daytime profile - it is not a standalone product.
Battery Storage
Battery storage can be layered behind the gas plant for fast-response capacity smoothing, voltage and frequency support, ride-through during planned maintenance windows, and black-start support. Storage is sized to the operating profile - it is not sold as standalone utility-scale BESS.
Research & Development
We track and evaluate emerging technologies for future deployments and for layered integration with our gas-led BTM offering:
- Advanced nuclear - small and micro-modular reactors as a future generation pathway. Smartland recently announced a strategic partnership with Hadron Energy on micro-modular reactors.
- Advanced geothermal - closed-loop and EGS systems for baseload-style firm renewables
- Hybrid hydrogen production - using off-peak generation to produce hydrogen for industrial offtakers
- Gravity storage - long-duration storage for specific site economics
- Clean energy integration systems - orchestration across gas, solar, storage, and emerging firm sources