Comanche 3 Power Station Expansion, CO, USA
Key Data:
Announcement of contract
April 2004
Site preparation work started
September 2005
Construction to begin on Unit 3
January 2006
Start of operation
Autumn 2009
Output
750MW
Plant type
Super-critical pulverized coal
Location
Comanche Station near Pueblo, Colorado
Estimated investment
$1.3 billion
Estimated employment
1,000 construction jobs, 40 extra full-time plant jobs
Key Players:
Plant owner
Public Service Co. of Colorado, doing business as Xcel Energy
Project Management
Alstom will design, supply, erect and commission the high-efficiency, supercritical boiler
Plant Details:
Turbines
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
Supercritical boiler
Alstom
Fuel
Low-sulphur coal
