Antelope Station
Location: TX
Operator: Golden Spread Electric Coop
Configuration: 18 X 6.34-MW 20V34SG engines
Operation: 2011
Fuel: natural gas
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Zachry, TIC
Quick Facts: Ground-breaking for Antelope Station was on 28 May 2010 and the project went commercial on 24 Jun 2011.
Photograph courtesy of Golden Spread Electric Coop
Posted 3 Jun 2012 |
Basin Creek
Location: MT
Operator: Basin Creek Power Services LLC
Configuration: 9 X 6.1-MW G16CM34 engines
Operation: 2006
Fuel: natural gas
E/G supplier: Caterpillar
EPC: Caterpillar
Quick facts: Basin Creek has a 20yr Capacity and Energy Sales Agreement (CESA)
with Northwestern Energy, an investor-owned utility with over 600,000
customers. The complete power plant was built in nine months and the
engines use lean burn technology plus catalysts. The engines can reach
full-load in 10mins. Basin Creek worked with Montana Environmental
Information Center (MEIC) to address CO2 emissions from the new plant. The
operating company agreed to pay $500,000 to an Oregon-based group called
Climate Trust, which will use the money for grants that support efforts to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and for carbon sequestration projects
such as reforestation.
Photograph courtesy of Caterpillar
Posted 15 Dec 2007 |
Boulder Park
Location: WA
Operator: Avista Corp
Configuration: 8 X 3.1 MW 18V28SG engines
Operation: 2001
Fuel: natural gas
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Wartsila
Quick Facts: The modular PeakingPlus plant was built
in about three months.
Photograph courtesy of Wartsila Oy
Posted 5 Oct 2003 |
Goldstrike
Location: NV
Operator: Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
Configuration: 14 X 8.3 MW 120V34SG engines
Operation: 2005
Fuel: natural gas
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Wartsila
Quick facts: Goldstrike is Barrick’s flagship
property, with gold reserves of over 17mn ounces. Its two
producing mines, Goldstrike Open Pit (Betze-Post) and Goldstrike Underground
(Meikle and Rodeo), produced 2mn ounces in 2005. The new power plant allows
Barrick to generate its own power or buy cheaper power from other producers
while also enhancing supply reliability.
Photograph courtesy of Wartsila Oy
Posted 17 May 2006 |
LCEC
Location: NM
Operator: Lea County Electrical Cooperative
Configuration: 5 X 9.34-MW 20V34SG engines
Operation: 2012
Fuel: natural gas
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Burns & McDonnell, Casey Industrial, Lefever Building Systems
Quick Facts: LCEC was formed in 1949 and seves six counties in southeastern New Mexico and western Texas. It closed its own generation plant in 1983 and then purchased all of its power requirements from Southwestern Public Service. In 2010, LCEC changed the SPS contract and began planning for a new gas-fired IC plant. in Lovington. Notice to proceed was on 1 Jun 2010, construction began on 9 Apr 2011, and plant testing was completed on 18 Jan 2012.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 13 Oct 2012 |
Pearsall Phase I
Location: CO
Operator: South Texas Electric Cooperative
Configuration: 24 X 8.44 MW 20V34SG engines
Operation: 2009-2010
Fuel: natural gas
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Burns & McDonnell, Wartsila
Quick facts: The STEC Pearsall site is about 50mi southwest of San Antonio. Three 22-MW steam sets were installed there in 1961.
The Phase-I diesel plant cost about $100mn and the first 75 MW went online in late 2009. The plant is designed to run about 4,000 hrs/yr.
Photograph courtesy of Wartsila Oy
Posted 9 Jan 2013 |
Plains End
Location: CO
Operator: National Energy & Gas Transmission
Configuration: 18 X 6.2 MW 18V34SG engines
Operation: 2002
Fuel: natural gas
E/G supplier: Wartsila
EPC: Wartsila
Quick facts: At completion, this was the largest gas-fired IC power plant in North
America and also Wartsila's largest-ever turn-key order.
Photograph courtesy of Wartsila Oy
Posted 5 Oct 2003 |
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Roosevelt Landfill
Location: WA
Operator: Klickitat Country PUD No 1
Configuration: 5 X 2.1 MW 12VA27GL engines
Operation: 1999
Fuel: Landfill gas
E/G supplier: Waukesha, Baylor
EPC: NEPCO
Quick facts: The project included five engines, gas cleaning and
compression systems, and control systems and switchgear. It was built
in 9 months.
Photograph courtesy of Nepco
Posted 24 Jul 2004 |
