CCGT Plants in Southern California
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Badger Creek Location: CA Operator: Delta Power LLC Configuration: 46-MW LM5000 gas turbine CHP Operation: 1991 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE, Stewart & Stevenson, Brush Quick facts: Steam is used by Occidental Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery. Photograph courtesy of Delta Power LLC |
Bear Mountain Location: CA Operator: Delta Power LLC Configuration: 46-MW LM5000 gas turbine CHP Operation: 1995 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE, Stewart & Stevenson, Brush Quick facts: Steam is used by Texaco for enhanced oil recovery.
Photograph courtesy of Delta Power LLC |
Blythe Location: CA Operator: FPL Energy Configuration: 520-MW, 2+1 CCGT block with V84.3A gas turbines Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Vogt T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Burns & Roe Quick facts: Blythe is a zero discharge facility near the Arizona border. The plant was announced in Jun 2001 as a joint venture with Caithness Energy LLC, the original developer. Blythe operates on a merchant basis and Caithness plans to build a second similar block. Photograph courtesy of Siemens |
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Chalk Cliff Location: CA Operator: Delta Power LLC Configuration: 46-MW LM5000 gas turbine CHP Operation: 1990 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE, Stewart & Stevenson, Brush Quick facts: Steam is used by Berry Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery.
Photograph courtesy of Delta Power LLC |
Chino Cogen Location: CA Operator: PIC Energy Services Configuration: 27-MW, 1+1 CCGT with LM2500 gas turbine CHP Operation: 1987 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: ?? T/G supplier: GE, Stewart & Stevenson, Brush, Shin Nippon Quick facts: Steam is sold to the Chino Institute for Men and electricity to Southern California Edison. Photograph courtesy of Delta Power LLC |
Colton Location: CA Operator: Colton Public Utilities Configuration: 1 X 43 MW LM6000PC gas turbine Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE EPC: Noresco Quick facts: Also known as Aqua Mansa. Project developed on a fast track with ground-breaking in Jan 2003 and commercial operating in Jun 2003. Noresco is the O&M contractor and also manages fuel procurement. Photograph courtesy of City of Colton |
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Cymric 36W Location: CA Operator: Chevron Corp Configuration: 4 X 3.1-MW Centaur 40 gas turbines CHP Operation: 1982 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: Solar Quick facts: Cymric in Kern Co was one of Central California's major oil fields and from 1909-200 produced about 350mn barrels of crude. It is still in production and this is one of numerous cogen plants in the area used for enhanced oil recovery. Photograph courtesy of Precision Engine Controls Corp |
Double-C Location: CA Operator: Delta Power LLC Configuration: 2 X 24-MW LM2500 gas turbines CHP Operation: 1989 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE, Stewart & Stevenson, Brush Quick facts: Steam is used by Occidental Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery. Photograph courtesy of Delta Power LLC |
Elk Hills Location: CA Operator: Sempra Energy Resources Configuration: 500-MW, 2+1 combined-cycle with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: IHI T/G supplier: GE EPC: Parsons Quick facts: This plant is a joint venture of Sempra and Occidental Energy Ventures in the center of the 74mi² Elk Hills oil field operated by Occidental in western Kern County. The plant is connected to the grid by a new 9mi, 230kV line. Elk Hills cost $400mn and went commercial in Jul 2003. Photograph courtesy of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries |
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Goal Line Location: CA Operator: GE Energy Configuration: 49.9-MW, 1+1 CCGT with LM6000 gas turbine CHP Operation: 1994 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Aalborg T/G supplier: GE, Shin Nippon EPC: Parsons Main, TIC Quick facts: This cogeneration plant is owned by Goal Line LP. Steam is sold to the adjacent Iceoplex Escondido, a dual-sheet ice rink, and electricity is purchased by San Diego Gas & Electric.
Photograph courtesy of Goal Line LP |
High Desert Location: CA Operator: Tenaska Power Fund LP Configuration: 750-MW, 3+1 CCGT with W501F gas turbine Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: SWPC, Toshiba EPC: Bibb, Kiewit Quick facts: Constellation Energy filed an Application for Certification for High Desert on 30 Jun 1997. This $350mn project was approved in May 2000 as one of the first major plants in Southern California in a decade. The site is the former George AFB in Victorville. Construction started 1 May 2001 and commercial operation was in Apr 2003. In Dec 2006, High Desert was one of six plants acquired by Tenaska from Constellation for $1.64bn.
Photograph courtesy of Constellation Energy |
High Sierra Location: CA Operator: Delta Power LLC Configuration: 2 X 24-MW LM2500 gas turbines CHP Operation: 1989 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE, Stewart & Stevenson, Brush Quick facts: Steam is used by Occidental Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery. Photograph courtesy of Delta Power LLC |
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Haynes Repower Location: CA Operator: Los Angeles Dept Water & Power Configuration: 575-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbine Operation: 2005 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: GE EPC: Bibb, Kiewit Quick facts: In Aug 2002, Kiewit Power Constructors was awarded a $235mn design-build contract for repowering Haynes 3&4. This involved retiring the old sets and building a completely new 2+1 block. Project quantities included 16,700yd³ of structural concrete, 725t of structural steel, 61,000ft of large bore pipe, 35,000ft of small bore pipe, 179,550ft of electrical conduit, 707,000ft of electrical wire and 46,800 electrical terminations. The project was completed one month ahead of schedule on 25 Jan 2005 and represents a 94% emissions reduction as compared to the original steam electric Units 3&4.
Photograph courtesy of Kiewit Corp |
Inland Empire
Photograph courtesy of Bigge Crane and Rigging Co |
Indigo
Photograph courtesy of Gemma Power Systems |
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La Paloma Location: CA Operator: NAES Configuration: Four 256-MW single-shaft combined-cycle blocks with GT24-ICS gas turbines Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Alstom, Jacobs Engineering Group Quick facts: In Mar 2000, PG&E's National Energy Group started construction on La Paloma, at the time California's largest greenfield merchant power project. The plant in McKittrick was completed in Mar 2003 and four months later, NEG declared bankruptcy. In Aug 2005, Complete Energy Holdings LLC acquired the plant and in Apr 2010, the facility was acquired by Rockland Capital. Photograph courtesy of Alstom |
Larkspur
Photograph courtesy of Gemma Power Systems |
Long Beach Rebuild
Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal |
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Magnolia Location: CA Operator: Southern California Public Power Authority Configuration: 310-MW, 1+1 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbine Operation: 2005 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: GE EPC: Aker Kvaerner, Bibb Quick facts: Magnolia was Power magazine's 2005 Plant of the Year. The $246mn facility was honored for representing a new generation of urban load-centered generation, using reclaimed waste-water for cooling, and zero liquid discharge practices. SCPPA was created in 1980 and has 12 public utility members. The lead utilities are the cities of Anaheim Burbank, and Glendale. The first units at the plant site in Burbank went online in 1941/43. These were demolished to make way for the CCGT block. Photograph courtesy of Power |
MidSun Location: CA Operator: MMC Energy Inc Configuration: 26-MW, 1+1 CCGT with LM2500 gas turbine CHP Operation: 1989 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: ?? T/G supplier: GE, Coppus EPC: NEPCO Quick facts: Inactive for about a year when acquired from Taft Energy Partners LP in Nov 2006. Plant was re-started and sells energy and ancillary services to the California ISO and local power companies. Steam set out-of-service. Photograph courtesy of NEPCO |
Mountainview Location: CA Operator: Southern California Edison Configuration: Two 527-MW, 2+1 CCGT blocks with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2005-2006 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: FW T/G supplier: GE EPC: Bechtel Quick facts: At completion, this was the first new major LA Basin power plant built in the past 30 years. Plant development by AES Corp began in 2001 but construction was halted after California’s 2000-2001 energy crisis. The project was sold to InterGen in Mar 2003. In Jul 2003, SCE signed an agreement with InterGen to acquire Mountainview Power Company LLC. The California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the acquisition, which was completed in Mar 2004. SCE immediately resumed construction and the project was completed on budget and ahead of schedule.
Photograph copyright by and courtesy of Edison International |
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Niland Location: CA Operator: IID Energy Configuration: 2 X 46.5-MW LM6000 PD-S gas turbines Operation: 2008 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: Construction on the $113mn Niland project started in Jul 2007 and the plant went commercial on 29 May 2008. In Sep 2006, the plant was issued a Small Power Plant Exemption by the California Energy Commission. IID Energy provides electric power to over 140,000 customers in Imperial County and parts of Riverside and San Diego counties. It is the third largest public power provider in California.
Photograph courtesy of Imperial Irrigation Dist |
Otay Mesa Location: CA Operator: Calpine Corp Configuration: 595-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2009 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: GE, SWPC EPC: Burns & Roe, Barton-Malow, ARB Inc Quick facts: In Aug 1999, PG&E Generating proposed to construct and operate a CCGT in Otay Mesa and the project was certified in Apr 2001. In Oct 2001, Otay Mesa Energy Center (OMEC) was sold to Calpine, which secured a 10yr tolling agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric. In a first-of-its-kind program dating back to the beginning of construction, mobile emission reduction credits were created when Calpine paid for retrofitting local marine vessels and sanitation vehicles with improved emissions control technology. OMEC is the largest air cooled power plant in California and went commercial on 3 Oct 2009 at its 46ac site in the remote eastern portion of Otay Mesa, 1.5mi from the Mexican border. Photograph courtesy of Calpine |
Palomar Location: CA Operator: San Diego Gas & Electric Co Configuration: 550-MW, 3+2 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2006 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: GE EPC: Kiewit, Bibb Quick facts: This plant is on a long, narrow, 20ac plot in the Escondido Research & Technology Center and not far from residential areas. The site was built to minimize visual and noise impacts with special landscaping features and extra screening and silencing on the power generating equipment. In addition, Marley-SPX installed a plume abatement system on the mechanical draft cooling tower and the owners were required to paint the facility in a specific color and match that where possible in the cooling tower facade.
Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal |
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Pastoria Location: CA Operator: Calpine Corp Configuration: 750-MW, 3+2 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2005 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: GE EPC: Kvaerner Quick facts: Calpine provided funding for new permanent habitat land as part of the development of this project. The funds were used by the Center of Natural Lands Management (CNLM) to purchase 245ac of habitat in Kern Co for the specific benefit of the San Joaquin Kit Fox. In addition, the purchase will also benefit the California Condor since the habitat is located within the bird's historic range. This funding also included an endowment feature for land maintenance.
Photograph courtesy of Power |
Riverside Location: CA Operator: Riverside Public Utilities Configuration: 2 X 48-MW LM6000 Sprint NxGen gas turbines Operation: 2006 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE EPC: Power Engineers Quick facts: This peaking plant was built exclusively to serve Riverside. NOX emissions are restricted to 2.5ppm dry and attained by using water injection in series with a a simple-cycle catalyst system from Express Integrated Technologies. A 3,200t chiller from Turbine Air Systems was also installed and are used about 80% of the time that the plant is on-load. The site is sized for additional machines of similar size.
Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal |
Sunrise Location: CA Operator: Edison Mission Energy Configuration: 570-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2001-2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: GE, Alstom EPC: Black & Veatch Quick facts: This plant started as a merchant plant proposed by Texaco in Dec 1998 to produce steam for thermally enhanced oil recovery at the Midway Sunset oil field. For various reasons, the project was replaced in September 2000 with a 320-MW simple cycle peaking project proposed by Edison Mission Energy, which purchased the original development company from Texaco. Sunrise became the first merchant plant licensed by the California Energy Commission to come online in time to help with the energy supply crisis of 2000-2001. The steam block was added later.
Photograph courtesy of Edison Mission Energy |
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UC Irvine Location: CA Operator: University of California Irvine Configuration: 18-MW, 1+1 CCGT with Titan 130 gas turbine CHP Operation: 2007 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Deltak T/G supplier: Solar, Tuthill, ABB, Ideal EPC: Bibb, Kiewit Quick facts: This project included a new CHP plant and two 3,000t electric centrifugal chillers. The new central utility plant can provide backup power in case of loss of service from the local power company. Photograph courtesy of Kiewit Corp |
Wheelabrator Norwalk Photograph courtesy of Wheelabrator Technologies Inc |
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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 14-Jan-2012