Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle
 Power Plants in Wisconsin

Fox Energy Location: WI Operator: Fox Energy Company LLC Configuration: 560 MW, 2+1 CCGT with 7001FB gas turbines Operation: 2005 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: GE, Toshiba EPC: Parsons Energy & Chemical Quick facts: In Nov 2004, Calpine entered into a $400mn, 25yr, non-recourse sale/leaseback transaction with affiliates of GE Commercial Finance for the power station. The plant has a 10yr power purchase agreement with Wisconsin Public Service Corp. These were  the first 7FB machines to complete dual-fuel testing. Photograph courtesy of Calpine Corp Posted 12 Feb 2006	Port Washington Location: WI Operator: We Energies Configuration: 545 MW, 2+1 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2005 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: GE EPC: Washington Group Intl Quick facts: Groundbreaking was in July 2003 and the plant went commercial 25mos later. A second 545-MW unit is expected online in 2008. The CCGT block was built on the site of the 400-MW coal-fired Port Washington power plant which was retired in 2004. The company broke ground on the original plant on 26 May 1930 and the first generating unit was put into service 1 Sep 1935 as the city of Port Washington was celebrating its centennial. From 1935 to 1948, it was one of the most efficient electric generating plants in the world. Photograph courtesy of We Energies Posted 4 Aug 2005	Riverside Energy Location: WI Operator: Calpine Corp Configuration: 518-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2004 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Nooter T/G supplier: GE, SWPC EPC: Calpine Quick facts: Riverside is in Beloit sells electricity to Wisconsin Power and Light under the terms of a 9yr tolling agreement and also provides capacity to Madison Gas & Electric under a 9yr PPA. Photograph by Dual Freq (wikimedia) Posted 14 Mar 2009
Rockgen Location: WI Operator: Calpine Corp Configuration: 3 X 173 MW 7001FA gas turbines Operation: 2001 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE EPC: GE Quick facts: Rockgen Energy Center is the largest peaking plant in Wisconsin and at completion was the largest gas-fired plant in the state. Power is sold to Alliant under an 8yr power purchase agreement and some electricity is sold on the wholesale market. Photograph courtesy of Calpine Corp Posted 19 Mar 2005		West Campus Location: WI Operator: Madison Gas & Electric Co Configuration: 150 MW, 2+1 CCGT with LM6000 gas turbines CHP Operation: 2005 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Deltak T/G supplier: GE EPC: Black & Veatch Quick facts: The $180mn West Campus cogen plant supplies electricity to MGE customers and 20,000 tons of chilled water and 500,000 lb/hr of steam and chilled water to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. MGE owns the assets related to electric production, while UW-Madison owns the steam heat and chilled-water assets. MGE operates and maintains the plant under a joint plant agreement with the university. West Campus has the lowest NOX permit rate in the state, 2.5 ppm. MGE received the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for, among other things, recycling 84% of waste materials resulting from plant construction. Photograph courtesy of Madison Gas & Electric Co Posted 30 Jul 2005

Abbreviations:  GE = General Electric , EPC = engineering, procurement, and construction, GT = gas turbine, HRSG = heat recovery steam generator, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 03/14/09

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