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Lawrence Generating Station Owned by Hoosier Energy (four units) and Wabash Valley Power Assn (two units) Operated by NAES Corp 258 MW, six simple-cycle LM6000 natural-gas-fired peaking units, located in Lawrence County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 161-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert VanDenburgh Fuel-compartment wind block eliminates unit trips Challenge. Lawrence County experienced several fuel/water compartment […]

Orange Grove Energy Owned by J-Power USA Operated by NAES Corp 96-MW, gas-fired, two-unit, peaking facility located in Pala, Calif Plant manager: John Hutson Challenge. Orange Grove Energy faced many obstacles in its first several years of operation. Examples: OGE had four plant managers within two years of commissioning, the entire hourly staff turned over in the

Pinelawn Power LLC Owned by J-Power USA Operated by NAES Corp 80-MW, dual-fuel, 1 × 1 combined cycle located in West Babylon, NY Plant manager: Kenneth Ford Infrared camera finds steam leak Challenge was to find the location of a steam leak on insulated and covered high- pressure steam piping. The leak was a minor one and

Worthington Generating Station Owned by Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Co-op Inc Operated by NAES Corp 174 MW, four simple-cycle LM6000 natural-gas-fired peaking units, located in Greene County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 138-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert VanDenburgh Challenge. The S&S packages for Worthington’s gas turbines have two lights that when working properly will illuminate the

Nesharim Leading Energy Owned by Clal Industries Operated by Mashav Initiating and Development 120-MW, gas-fired, 2 × 1 combined cycle located in Ramla, Israel Plant manager: Kobi Ivenshitz Insulating filter house roof conserves energy Challenge. Nesharim’s filter house is installed over its gas turbines and doubles as a roof for the units. The upper portion of the

Nevada Cogeneration Associates No. 1 Owned by Northern Star Generation Services Operated by CAMS 90-MW, gas-fired, 3 × 1 LM2500-powered combined-cycle cogeneration facility located in Las Vegas, NV Plant manager: Howard Forepaugh Challenge. Nevada Cogen’s gas-turbine packages use an evaporative system to cool engine inlet air. There are two levels of inlet air flow. The original configuration

Orange Cogeneration Owned by Northern Star Generation Operated by Consolidated Asset Management Services LLC 104 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 combined-cycle cogeneration plant powered by DLN-equipped LM6000 engines, located in Bartow, Fla. Condensing, extraction steam turbine is rated 25 MW. Steam is sold to producers of orange juice and ethanol Plant manager: Allen Czerkiewicz Challenge.. Florida

Keep this list of acronyms nearby during WTUI’s 2021 virtual conference. You’ll find that most speakers talk in “shorthand,” using acronyms freely. If you’re not up to snuff on your aero lingo you can get lost in a hurry and possibly miss key points. The “cheat sheet” that follows can help you remain focused. AGB—Accessory

You can add another color to the burgeoning spectrum that is hydrogen as an energy stream: turquoise. According to Brad Bradshaw, speaking on the Hydrogen Energy Center’s (HEC) Apr 23, 2021 webinar (on-demand below), “Decarbonizing the Gas Grid with Hydrogen,” turquoise H2 is methane subjected to pyrolysis to split it into hydrogen and solid carbon.