CEM Engineering
CEM Engineering is a Canadian thermal-power engineering and EPC firm specializing in combined heat and power (CHP), renewable natural gas (RNG/biogas), hydrogen, and carbon capture projects for industrial, utility, and institutional clients across North America, now operating through a 2026 merger with Concord Engineering Group.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2001
- HeadquartersSaint Catharines, Canada
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What CEM Engineering does
CEM Engineering Inc. is a privately held Canadian thermal-power engineering and project delivery firm founded in 2001 in St. Catharines, Ontario, by Martin Lensink after a 21-year apprenticeship at Union Gas, US Turbine, and Toromont. Originally named Cogeneration & Energy Management, the firm now operates from three Canadian offices (St. Catharines HQ, Burlington, Calgary) and through a 2026 merger with Concord Engineering Group extends delivery into the United States. The leadership team includes CEO Matt Lensink, founder/Vice President of CO2 Reduction Martin Lensink, and Project Director David Johnston, a former Vice President of Stationary Power at Ballard Power Systems.
CEM Engineering firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- CEM Engineering
- Legal name
- CEM Engineering Inc.
- Website
- https://cemeng.ca
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2001
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- CEM Engineering is a Canadian thermal-power engineering and EPC firm specializing in combined heat and power (CHP), renewable natural gas (RNG/biogas), hydrogen, and carbon capture projects for industrial, utility, and institutional clients across North America, now operating through a 2026 merger with Concord Engineering Group.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
CEM Engineering industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Power Engineering Services
- NAICS
- Engineering Services (54133), Electric Power Generation (22111), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)
- SIC
- Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Combined Cycle & Cogeneration (CHP) EPC (EUAEAAAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Construction Management & General Contracting (EPCM, Scheduling, QA/QC, HSE) (EUAMAFAJ), Environmental & Permitting Compliance During Construction (Erosion Control, Wildlife Mitigation, Monitoring) (EUAMAFAM), CSP Plant Development & EPC (Parabolic Trough, Tower, Linear Fresnel, Dish) (EUACAGAE)
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Where CEM Engineering is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Saint Catharines
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
CEM Engineering business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Engineering Consulting: Providing consulting services, schematic design, and detailed engineering for energy projects including cogeneration, RNG, hydrogen, and carbon capture systems.
- EPC/Design-Build Project Delivery: Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services and design-build delivery of turn-key energy projects for industrial, utility, and institutional clients.
- RNG Project Development: Developing and delivering RNG/biogas projects that convert waste into pipeline-quality renewable natural gas, serving utilities and project developers.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels6 records
CEM Engineering product offering
Product offeringCore offering
CEM Engineering is a thermal power project delivery firm offering engineering consulting, detailed design, and EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) services across four practice areas: Power & Utilities (cogeneration, boilers, district energy), Biogas/RNG (landfill and agricultural gas-to-RNG projects), Hydrogen (production, storage, blending, and 100% hydrogen CHP), and Carbon Capture & Utilization. Services span the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies, permitting, and detailed design through equipment procurement, construction, commissioning, and post-completion support.
Product overview
CEM Engineering is a thermal power project delivery firm specializing in energy transition solutions across three core areas: Power & Utilities, Biogas/RNG, and Hydrogen. The company offers a comprehensive range of services from consulting and schematic design to detailed engineering and EPC project delivery. Their portfolio includes a subsidiary company, Phoenix Solar Thermal, which focuses on solar thermal technology and Absolicon T160 Solar Collector production for Canada. The company also produces the Energy Radio Podcast as an educational resource on energy topics. Services span the complete project lifecycle including feasibility studies, permitting, detailed design, construction, commissioning, and maintenance. Notable projects include CHP facilities, RNG projects converting waste to renewable natural gas, and hydrogen production facilities.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Phoenix Solar Thermal: A CEM Company specializing in solar thermal collector manufacturing and solar thermal project development, financing, engineering, and construction for industrial and institutional thermal energy users. North American partner of Absolicon T160 Solar collector.
- Energy Radio
Products and services
- Power & Utilities Services Engineering services for cogeneration, power generation, boilers, and district energy systems, covering complete lifecycle services from permitting and design through construction, commissioning, testing, and maintenance for industrial, utility, and institutional clients.
- Biogas/RNG Services
Quantifiable outcome
- 415 MW of power projects commissioned as of 2023, with a target of 500 MW by May 2025
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use CEM Engineering
Customer profileNamed customers15 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
CEM Engineering technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
CEM Engineering partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.
- Concord Engineering GroupcoreCEM Engineering and Concord Engineering Group announced a merger of their Power & Infrastructure operations on April 22, 2026. The merger unifies their engineering teams under a single management structure, combining CEM's expertise in biogas/RNG and hydrogen generation with Concord's capabilities in power, transmission & distribution (T&D), and MEP/FP facility design. Matt Lensink serves as CEO of CEM Engineering and President of Concord's Power & Infrastructure division. The combined organization covers Canada and the United States.
- Concord Engineering GroupcorePrior to the merger, CEM Engineering and Concord Engineering Group announced a strategic partnership in August 2024 to support growth of North American power and infrastructure projects. The partnership combined CEM's biogas/RNG and hydrogen expertise with Concord's large-scale power and T&D engineering capabilities.
- Threeosix IndustrialmajorCEM Engineering and Threeosix Industrial partnered on multiple RNG infrastructure projects including the Waste Management Twin Creeks Environmental Centre project in Ontario, converting landfill gas to pipeline-quality RNG. Threeosix provides construction and design-build capabilities; CEM provides engineering expertise for the RNG conversion process.
- Magnolia RivermajorCEM Engineering and Magnolia River formed a strategic partnership to provide natural gas utility clients and project developers with comprehensive turn-key RNG solutions. CEM provides design expertise for on-site capture and upgrading of biogas; Magnolia River contributes industry-leading turn-key pipeline engineering design capabilities, enabling utilities and developers to successfully plan, design, and manage construction of RNG solutions for pipeline-quality natural gas delivery.
- Sacré-Davey EngineeringcoreCEM Engineering and Sacré-Davey Engineering formed a joint venture (CEM/Sacré-Davey) selected by Atura Power as owner's engineer for the Niagara Hydrogen Centre — a 20 MW green hydrogen production facility. CEM brings hydrogen leadership and positive past performance; Sacré-Davey contributes 35 years of expertise in hydrogen generation, pipeline injection, recovery, purification, liquefaction, distribution, and refuelling.
- Threeosix IndustrialmajorPartnership continued for the Delta RNG Project in British Columbia and ongoing landfill-to-RNG initiatives.
- Atura PowercoreAtura Power (subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation) selected CEM/Sacré-Davey joint venture as engineering vendor for the Niagara Hydrogen Centre. Atura Power is developing Ontario's largest green hydrogen production facility (20 MW) and relies on CEM for detailed design, permitting, and technical equipment selection support.
- Enbridge GascoreCEM Engineering partnered with Enbridge Gas and 2G Energy on a first-of-its-kind CHP pilot project at Enbridge's Technology Operations Centre in Markham, ON. The system can operate on 25-100% hydrogen blend. CEM provided engineering expertise for the hydrogen-capable combined heat and power system.
- TECO Peoples GascoreCEM Engineering partnered with Peoples Gas (Florida's largest natural gas distribution utility) to engineer, procure equipment, and construct the Alliance Dairies RNG facility in Florida. This was an EPC delivery of one of the largest dairy biogas-to-RNG projects in Florida.
- Waste Management (WM)coreCEM Engineering and Threeosix Industrial partnered with Waste Management for the RNG infrastructure project at Twin Creeks Environmental Centre in Ontario. The project converts landfill gas to pipeline-quality RNG using advanced technologies.
- Absolicon Solar Collector ABmajorPhoenix Solar Thermal (a CEM company) holds exclusive rights for marketing, production, and distribution of Absolicon's patented T160 solar collector technology in Canada. The $5.8M production line purchase enables local automated production of solar collectors in the Niagara Region, Ontario.
- Village Farms / Terreva RenewablesmajorCEM Engineering (alongside Threeosix Industrial) supported the Delta, British Columbia RNG facility for Village Farms/Terreva Renewables, converting landfill waste into renewable natural gas using advanced purification and conversion technologies.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
CEM Engineering competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- GHD: Australia-based global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with a significant North American presence (offices in Canada and the US) and established Energy and Waste-to-Energy practices. Competes with CEM on energy transition, waste/biogas, and industrial power mandates across the same North American geographies.
- Stantec: Major Canadian-headquartered global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a sizable Energy practice covering power generation, T&D, and renewables. Regularly competes with CEM on utility-scale power and energy transition mandates across North America.
- HDR Inc. US-based global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with strong Power, Oil & Gas, and Water practices and growing energy transition capabilities (CHP, hydrogen, carbon capture). Competes with CEM on integrated EPC and design-build mandates for utilities and large industrial customers.
- Tetra Tech: US-headquartered global consulting and engineering firm with deep water, environmental, and energy practices, including renewable energy, RNG, and energy transition advisory. Comparable to CEM's environmental/permitting and engineering design capabilities but with a much broader service portfolio.
- Burns & McDonnell: US-based 100% employee-owned engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting firm with a sizable Power and Energy Transition practice spanning CHP, RNG, hydrogen, and carbon capture. Competes with CEM for US utility and industrial energy transition work, particularly in the post-Concord merger footprint.
- Hatch: Canadian-based global engineering and project delivery firm with longstanding energy, mining, and infrastructure practices and deep CHP, hydrogen, and power generation experience. Competes with CEM on mid-to-large industrial and utility energy projects in Canada and abroad.
- Black & Veatch: US-headquartered global engineering, procurement, and construction firm with one of the largest power and water practices in North America, including renewables, hydrogen, RNG/biogas, and grid services. Overlaps directly with CEM's hydrogen, RNG, and CHP EPC offerings but at meaningfully larger scale.
- WSP Global: One of the world's largest engineering professional services firms with a substantial Canadian and global Energy, Power & Process practice covering renewables, T&D, and hydrogen. Competes with CEM for larger utility and industrial mandates in Canada and increasingly in the US, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
Direct peers
- Sacrè-Davey Engineering: Canadian EPC and engineering services firm with deep hydrogen (generation, liquefaction, distribution, refuelling) and energy transition capabilities and ~35 years of history. Direct comparable to CEM as a similarly sized Canadian specialty engineering firm; the two are already JV partners on the Atura Niagara Hydrogen Centre.
- Ameresco: US-based publicly traded energy services and EPC firm delivering renewable energy, CHP, RNG/biogas, and energy efficiency projects to industrial, utility, and institutional customers. Highly comparable to CEM in project types (CHP, RNG, hydrogen-adjacent) and customer mix (healthcare, universities, municipalities, federal clients), but at substantially larger scale.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses6 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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CEM Engineering leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
CEM Engineering subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
CEM Engineering funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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CEM Engineering M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about CEM Engineering
What does CEM Engineering do?
CEM Engineering is a thermal power project delivery firm offering engineering consulting, detailed design, and EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) services across four practice areas: Power & Utilities (cogeneration, boilers, district energy), Biogas/RNG (landfill and agricultural gas-to-RNG projects), Hydrogen (production, storage, blending, and 100% hydrogen CHP), and Carbon Capture & Utilization. Services span the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies, permitting, and detailed design through equipment procurement, construction, commissioning, and post-completion support.
Is CEM Engineering a public or private company?
CEM Engineering is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was CEM Engineering founded?
CEM Engineering was founded in 2001. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is CEM Engineering based?
CEM Engineering is headquartered in Saint Catharines, Canada, in the North America region.
How does CEM Engineering make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Engineering Consulting is the primary driver. The others are EPC/Design-Build Project Delivery and RNG Project Development.
Who are CEM Engineering's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are GHD, Stantec, HDR Inc., Tetra Tech, Burns & McDonnell, Hatch, Black & Veatch and WSP Global. Direct peers are Sacrè-Davey Engineering and Ameresco.
Does CEM Engineering have an API?
No public API is recorded for CEM Engineering.
What industry is CEM Engineering in?
CEM Engineering's product category is Power Engineering Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAEAAAB, Combined Cycle & Cogeneration (CHP) EPC, with a secondary code of EUAMAFAJ, Construction Management & General Contracting (EPCM, Scheduling, QA/QC, HSE). Its NAICS code is 54133 and its SIC code is 4991.