Richard Rothwell is a Principal in Pendulum Power Solutions. He has 30 years of experience in the electric generation industry. Richard is a seasoned professional whose experience includes supervision and management positions at nuclear, hydro, coal as well as oil & gas power generation plants. As such, Richard is intimately familiar with all facets of electric power generation ranging from detailed engineering design and reviews to overall administrative responsibility at several plants.
As Plant Manager at the Harvey Couch Steam Electric Station, Richard managed a unique two-unit plant that used a company owned gas field. Plant generating capacity was 30 MW’s for Unit 1 and 131 MW’s for Unit 2. The plant was bestowed a "Luminary Award" for being the top power plant in the Arkansas Power & Light Company system for 1990. The award was based on reducing non-fuel operations and maintenance costs, safety, and community service.
Richard also has plenty of cogeneration experience including Plant Manager for Entergy's Louisiana Station. This unregulated cogeneration plant is an integral part of a large Exxon refinery and chemical plant complex. The plant delivers up to 2.2 million lbs/hr of steam and up to 380 MW’s of electricity. Major equipment includes a combination of boilers, extraction turbines/generators, and combined cycle technology. Richard's responsibilities included support of a major expansion to the plant adding a new 165 MW General Electric 7 FA gas turbine/generator, a one million lbs/hr heat recovery steam generator, and a new 4,000 gpm reverse osmosis water treatment plant.
Richard's latest assignment as an independent consultant included support for the first 160 MW phase of CMS Energy Corporation's Dearborn Industrial Generation plant being constructed on the site of the Rouge Steel Company and Ford Motor Company complex in Dearborn, Michigan. Under an accelerated construction schedule, this first phase was completed in only eight months after project announcement.
Richard is a registered P.E., Texas and holds a Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.