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February 24, 2021

Sempra Engineers are Shaping the Future

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Across the Sempra family of companies, our strategic focus on technology and innovation powers progress. 这要归功于森普拉工程师的辛勤工作,他们的创造力和职业道德对我们所服务的社区产生了积极的影响,并帮助我们引领行业 global energy transition.

This National Engineers Week, meet three engineers whose work with hydrogen, liquefied natural gas (LNG)和社区服务项目连接社区,并赋予下一代有思想的创新者权力.

May Kwan, SoCalGas

May Kwan, SoCalGas

Engineer on the renewable natural gas and hydrogen engineering 在SoCalGas的战略团队中,May Kwan在如何构建框架方面发挥了不可或缺的作用 hydrogen blending 该技术将被整合到加州现有的天然气系统中.

“氢混合是帮助加州实现其气候目标的清洁能源途径之一,” said Kwan. “我们的团队目前正在进行国内首批住宅混合氢示范和研究项目,以填补知识空白.”

由于风能和太阳能资源对低碳能源系统的重要性, SoCalGas is exploring alternative ways to store the energy. A technology known as power-to-gas (P2G)作为电池的补充存储解决方案正在全球范围内部署.

P2G works by taking the electricity generated from solar and wind, 把它和少量的水混合,然后电解. This process converts the electrical energy into chemical energy, splitting the water molecule into pure hydrogen and oxygen. 氢气既可以用作燃料,也可以与天然气混合,通过天然气系统交付给客户.

“I am proud to contribute towards SoCalGas’ mission 打造美国最清洁、最安全、最具创新力的能源公司。.

涉足能源行业最具创新性的领域之一并非没有困难. 然而,找到难题的解决方案是关颖珊最喜欢她的角色的地方.

“我喜欢进行数据分析,并利用结果来解决问题和改进,” said Kwan. “对我来说,利用数据与他人合作来推动改进,使工程成为一项令人满意的职业.”

Rob Webber, Sempra Infrastructure

Rob Webber, Sempra Infrastructure

Robert Webber是Sempra Infrastructure的液化天然气工程经理,负责第一阶段 Energía Costa Azul (ECA) LNG export project in Mexico.

在加入ECA液化天然气项目之前,Robert是该项目的首席工艺工程师 Cameron LNG export facility in Hackberry, Louisiana.

“我最自豪的项目是卡梅伦液化天然气项目,”韦伯说. “这是一个非常庞大和复杂的项目,我很幸运地参与了从设计的第一阶段一直到启动和性能测试. 看到多年的设计和规划成功实现,我感到非常满意.”

卡梅伦液化天然气公司于2019年开始商业运营,旨在满足全球不断增长的能源需求,拥有三条液化列车,以安全处理和装载 LNG supplies onto ships. 许多国家仍然依赖煤炭等污染能源, 液化天然气为全球能源转型提供了一种低碳替代方案.

拥有12年LNG行业专业经验, 韦伯曾在天然气液化厂项目开发和建设的各个阶段担任各种工程职务,这使他有机会产生广泛的影响.

“我最喜欢的工程是不断有机会学习新事物,并与尖端技术合作,对世界和人们的生活产生真正的影响. The projects I work on provide energy to thousands, if not millions, of people around the world, which gives me a genuine sense of purpose in what I do.”

Jamie Padilla, SDG&E

Jamie Padilla, SDG&E

A second-generation Sempra employee, Jamie Padilla is an engineer on the technical analysis team with SDG&E. 她对工作的热情不仅对实现可持续发展目标产生了积极影响&但她积极的态度体现了森普拉的价值 shaping the future.

“对于普通人来说,‘工程’这个词自然会给人一种与难度和强度相关的感觉,” said Padilla. “Don’t get me wrong, I think engineering can be both those things, but at the end of the day, I believe engineering is just problem solving. 我人生最大的目标是对这个世界和我遇到的人的生活产生积极的影响, and being an engineer allows me to do that for a living.”

帕迪拉正在通过指导和鼓励年轻女性追求STEM(科学)产生积极影响, technology, engineering and math) careers.

“我认为,作为一名成功的女工程师,我有责任成为社区的榜样. Over the past four-plus years of working at SDG&E, 我做了无数的外展活动来分享我的故事,鼓励我们的年轻人, specifically females, to pursue STEM careers. 我参加过讨论小组,给7岁的孩子做过演讲, 21-year-olds and almost every age group in between. 到目前为止,这是一段非常有益的经历,我真的很感激为一家支持如此重要倡议的公司工作.”

Padilla attests that her mother, Leslie, who worked for SDG&E for 14 years and Sempra Renewables for 20 years as an engineer, 我为她树立了积极的榜样,她很自豪能继续这样做.

“My mother not only left a lasting impact on the company but, more importantly, on the lives of her co-workers. Sometimes I am nervous to fail, 但我下定决心要努力工作,把同样的激情带到我的工作中,就像她日复一日地做了34年一样.”