CCGT Power Plants in Arkansas & Kansas

Dell Location: AR Operator: Associated Electric Cooperative Configuration: 580-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2007 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Aalborg T/G supplier: GE EPC: Burns & Roe, TIC Quick Facts: Original plant developer GenPower LLC started work on the Dell power station in 1999 and sold the project to TECO Energy in Nov 2000. Construction began with NEPCO as EPC contractor. AECI purchased the 65%-complete facility from TECO in Aug 2005 and commercial operation started on 23 Aug 2007. Although the plant was designed to run baseload, AECI plans to operate the plant for intermediate generation. Primesouth is the O&M contractor. Dell has DLN 2.6 combustors and SCR. The site is about 100ac in size. Photograph courtesy of Associated Electric Cooperative Posted 9 Jul 2008	Riverton-12 Location: KS Operator: Empire District Electric Co Configuration: 1 X 155 MW V84.3A2 gas turbine Operation: 2007 Fuel: gas T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Sega Quick Facts: The Riverton plant has been in operation since 1905. Site preparation for the new GT began in 2005 and commissioning started in Jan 2007. The unit cost about $49mn. Photograph courtesy of Empire District Electric Co Posted 12 May 2007	Union Power Location: AR Operator: Entegra Power Group LLC Configuration: four 550-MW, 2+1 CCGT blocks with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: GE EPC: NEPCO Quick Facts: Union Power has a 330ac site in Union County near El Dorado, Arkansas near the geographic center of the Entergy Control Area. Full commercial operation began in Jul 2003. Natural gas is delivered to the plant via a 42mi, 30in pipeline with a flow capacity of 546,000 Mcf/day. This pipeline is owned by Entegra and connects to both the Regency and the Texas Gas Transmission pipelines. The eight gas turbines are equipped for inlet air fogging. Entegra was split from TECO Energy in 2005. Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal Posted 29 Apr 2012

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