Online forums sponsored by gas-turbine user groups are of increasing value to owner/operators, especially given today’s smaller O&M staffs at simple-cycle, combined-cycle, and cogeneration plants and the loss of experienced personnel to retirement and better opportunities. Long gone are the days of on-the-job training when new employees would tag along with experienced crews to grow […]
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Mariposa Energy Project Owned by Diamond Generating Corp Operated by DGC Operations 200 MW, gas-fired 4 × 0 LM6000PC-powered (Sprint equipped) peaking plant, located in Alameda County, Calif Plant manager: Justin Crook Background. Mariposa is required to start and come to full load within 30 minutes. The plant uses 19% aqueous ammonia for NOx control
LM6000: Ammonia injection system improvements reduce operational risk, cut cost Read More »
Mashav Energy Owned by Mashav Initiating & Development| Operated by Mashav Energy 122 MW, 2 × 1 LM6000PF-powered combined cycle with a Siemens 300 steam turbine/generator, located in Ramia, Israel Plant manager: Yohay Aviguy Challenge. Water is the lifeblood of powerplants, especially those located in desert environments. Every effort must be made to conserve this
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Shoreham Energy LLC Owned by J-Power USA Development Co Operated by NAES Corp 90 MW, 2 × 0 LM6000PC-powered peaking plant equipped to burn only liquid fuel, located in Shoreham, NY Plant manager: Kenneth Ford Challenge. Shoreham’s gas turbines were supplied with FOD-screen (foreign object damage) access doors designed for manual installation/removal to permit semi-annual
LM6000: FOD-screen access-door mod enables safe opening/closing Read More »
REO Cogeneration Plant Owned and operated by Lansing Board of Water & Light 100 MW, 2 × 1 LM6000PF-powered combined cycle equipped with IST once-through steam generators, located in Lansing, Mich Plant manager: Tom Dickinson Challenge. The REO Cogeneration Facility, COD 2014, in 2018 began experiencing operational complications that, in hindsight, could be attributed to
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Equus Power 1 LP Owned by J-Power USA Development Co Operated by NAES Corp 48 MW, dual-fuel 1 × 0 LM6000-powered peaking plant, located in Freeport, NY Plant manager: Kenneth Ford Challenge. Equus’ Higgot-Kane anti-icing system is mounted on the gas turbine exhaust section and relies on exhaust gas to heat air drawn into the
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Edgewood Energy LLC Owned by J-Power USA Development Co Operated by NAES Corp 88 MW, gas-fired 2 × 0 LM6000-powered peaking plant, located in Brentwood, NY Plant manager: Kenneth Ford Background. Edgewood’s gas-compressor (GC) skid is comprised of three screw-type compressors served by a common system for removing lube oil entrained in the natural gas
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Worthington Generation Station Owned by Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Co-op Inc Operated by NAES Corp 174 MW, gas-fired facility equipped with four LM6000 simple-cycle engines for meeting member peaking-power needs, making off-system sales, and satisfying generating reserve requirements. Station is located in Green County, Ind, and connected to Hoosier’s 138-kV transmission line Plant manager: Robert
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Fairview Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures, Osaka Gas, and DLE Operated by NAES Corp 1050 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 7HA.02-powered combined cycle equipped with a GE D602 steamer and John Cockerill (formerly CMI) HRSGs, located in Johnstown, Pa Plant manager: Irvin Holes Enclosure improves air-compressor reliability in winter Challenge. Fairview’s Atlas Copco
CPV Towantic Energy Center Owned by Competitive Power Ventures and Osaka Gas Operated by NAES Corp 805 MW, gas-fired 2 × 1 7HA.01-powered combined cycle equipped with DLN2.6+ AFS combustion systems, GE D602 steamer, and John Cockerill (formerly CMI) HRSGs, located in Oxford, Conn Plant manager: Larry Hawk GT enclosure cameras critical to plant’s participation
