CCGT Plants in Virginia
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Bear Garden Location: VA Operator: Dominion Virginia Power Configuration: 580-MW, 2+1 combined-cycle block with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2011 Fuel: natural gas, oil HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: GE EPC: Fluor Quick facts: Bear Garden is about 60mi west of Richmond in Buckingham County and is sited across the Jems River vrom Dominions Bremo Bluff power station. A 1.4mi, 230kV, single-circuit transmission line connects the two facilities. The $619mn CCGT project was originally developed by Tenaska beginning in 2001 and later acquired by Dominion. It was approved by the Virginia State Corp in Mar 2009 and construction began a month later. More than 800 workers were onsite at the peak of construction. Commercial operation was to schedule on 24 May 2011.
Photograph courtesy of Dominion Resources Inc |
Commonwealth Chesapeake Location: VA Operator: Tenaska Power Fund LP Configuration: 6 X 45 MW LM6000 gas turbines Operation: 2000-2001 Fuel: No 2 oil T/G supplier: GE EPC: Brown & Root Quick facts: Four machines have encased SSS clutches to enable synchronous condensing. The original developer was Teco Energy.
Photograph courtesy of SSS Clutch Co Inc |
Doswell Location: VA Operator: Next Era Energy Configuration: 663-MW, 4+2 combined-cycle block with V84.2 gas turbines, 1 X 171-MW 7001FA gas turbine Operation: 1992-2001 Fuel: natural gas, oil HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: Siemens, ABB EPC: Duke/Fluor Daniel Quick facts: Doswell was one of the first big combined-cycles in the mid-Atlantic when it was completed in 1992. The plant's SCR system was supplied by Mitsubishi. FPL Energy bought the plant in 1997.
Photograph courtesy of Nooter/Eriksen |
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Gordonsville Location: VA Operator: Dominion Energy Configuration: Two 120-MW, 1+1 combined-cycle blocks with 7001EA gas turbine Operation: 1993 Fuel: natural gas, oil HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: GE EPC: Ebasco Quick facts: In August 2003, Dominion Energy announced that it was purchasing the plant from affiliates of Calpine Corp and Edison International. GEA supplied the plant's dry cooling system.
Photograph courtesy of Nooter/Eriksen |
Hopewell Location: VA Operator: GDF Suez Energy North America Configuration: 365-MW, 3+1 combined-cycle block with GT11N gas turbines Operation: 1990 Fuel: natural gas, oil HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: ABB EPC: ABB, Stone & Webster Quick facts: At the time of its completion, the Hopewell cogeneration plant was one of the largest facilities of its kind. It provides fully dispatchable power to Dominion Virginia Power and steam to Hercules Inc for their adjacent manufacturing operations. The plant includes two B&W auxiliary boilers.
Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal |
Possum Point-6 Location: VA Operator: Dominion Virginia Power Configuration: 540-MW, 2+1 combined-cycle block with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Vogt T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: As part of the project, a new 14mi gas pipeline spur was required.
Photograph courtesy of Dominion Resources Inc |
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Tenaska Virginia Location: VA Operator: Tenaska Inc Configuration: 885-MW, 3+1 combined-cycle with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2004 Fuel: natural gas, oil HRSG supplier: Deltak T/G supplier: GE EPC: Bibb, Kiewit Quick facts: Tenaska Virginia has an energy conversion agreement with Coral Power LLC. The power station was an awardee in Combined Cycle Journal's 2005 Best Practices awards program and also was named one of Power magazines Top Plants in 2007. In part, this was because of extensive training procedures designed and implemented by plant management.
Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal |
Wolf Hills Location: VA Operator: Tennaska Power Fund Configuration: 5 X 50 MW FT-8 gas turbines Operation: 2001 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Vogt T/G supplier: Pratt & Whitney, Brush EPC: Utility Engineering, Fagen Inc Quick facts: Wolf Hills was developed and built by Constellation Energy and sold to Tenaska as part of a $1.6bn asset portfolio purchase in Dec 2006.
Photograph courtesy of Combined Cycle Journal |
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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 05/25/11