Megginson & Associates | Renewable Energy Consulting & Development

Experience that moves clean energy from concept to operation.

Megginson & Associates helps developers, investors, and operators assess, certify, and deliver renewable energy projects — led by a former ChevronTexaco general manager with more than four decades in the industry.

40+ yearsof energy leadership

Since 2003independent consulting

LNG · Biofuels · Biomassdeep sector expertise

Every phase of a renewable project, covered

From the first feasibility question to a successful startup, we bring the technical judgment, industry network, and development discipline that complex energy projects demand.

Project Assessment & Feasibility

Early-phase assessment done right: markets, incentives, technology selection, capex/opex estimates, site selection, and economic sensitivities — the groundwork that decides whether a project deserves to exist.

Biofuels & Biomass

Deep expertise in converting biomass into clean electricity, green gasoline and diesel, renewable natural gas, and green hydrogen — including torrefaction, whose black pellets can run up to 100% in coal-fired boilers.

Carbon Intensity & Certification

Third-party certification of biomass and scoring of carbon impacts by qualified experts — the independent verification that gives projects, investors, and regulators confidence.

LNG Advisory

Hands-on liquefied natural gas project experience — from the Jamaica LNG import project to the Magnolia LNG export project in Lake Charles, Louisiana — for a fuel that anchors the clean-energy transition.

Stage-Gate Project Management

The energy industry's accepted framework for capital projects: phase-by-phase discipline that aligns activities and budgets with each stage, improving decisions and the odds of success.

Teams & Industry Network

Four decades of relationships across the energy industry let us assemble a complete team — every requisite skill-set — so clients have the best opportunity for success in their projects.

Stage-Gate discipline, Front-End Loading value

Most of a project's value is created in its earliest phases — through disciplined, creative definition of the project and rigorous assessment of the alternatives. Our process is built around that truth.

PHASE 01 · ASSESS

Front-End Loading

Value identification and alternatives assessment: markets, incentives, technology, sites, and economics — tested before serious capital is committed.

PHASE 02 · DEVELOP

Definition & certification

Project definition, carbon-intensity scoring, third-party biomass certification, and assembly of the full expert team each gate decision requires.

PHASE 03 · DELIVER

Startup & operations

Guidance through development into successful startup and operations — the phases where early discipline pays for itself many times over.

Projects with real scale behind them

Recent and notable assignments across LNG, bioenergy, and advanced fuel development — in the U.S. and internationally.

LNG · Import

Jamaica LNG Project

Liquefied natural gas import project bringing cleaner fuel to Jamaica's power sector.

LNG · Export

Magnolia LNG Project

LNG export project located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Bioenergy

National BioEnergy LLC

Recent assignment focused on clean, affordable biofuels for domestic U.S. markets.

Advanced Fuels

PennAmerica Energy & Coalworks

Energy development projects including the Coalworks Oaklands North CTL project.

Ernie Megginson

Over 40 years of proven experience in leadership positions on domestic and international energy projects — including development of several large-scale international projects for two of the oil majors, Chevron and Texaco.

Mr. Megginson left ChevronTexaco in 2003 as General Manager of Project Commercialization for Chevron Worldwide Power & Gasification and established Megginson & Associates the same year. Since then he has assisted clients from initial feasibility analysis through the later development of domestic and international energy projects.

Feasibility-to-startup guidance on complex capital projects
Recognized expertise in biomass, biofuels, and carbon scoring
An industry network that assembles complete project teams

Have a project in mind?

Tell us where you are in the process — a first feasibility question or a project approaching a gate decision — and we'll tell you plainly how we can help.

Experience that moves clean energy from concept to operation.