![]() AES Ironwood was one of the first power stations to use Siemens Westinghouse's 235MW W501G gas turbines. |
![]() Siemens Westinghouse multi-shaft CCGT plant design. |
![]() The 2,500MW Black Point CCGT project is Hong Kong's first natural gas-fired facility. |
![]() Castle Peak is a joint venture between Exxon Energy (60%) and China Light & Power (40%). |
![]() The first units went online in 1996 and all were completed by 2004. |
![]() China Light & Power installed power plants, 1999. |
![]() The 400MW San Isidro II uses an MHI M701F gas turbine. |
![]() An overview of the overall IGCC plant system and equipment. |
![]() Cross section of the gas turbine at San Isidro II. |
![]() Fuel conversion process. |
R&D led to features from several different Mitsubishi series to be incorporated in the F-Series. |
![]() The M701F has been uprated to keep the same strengths at increased gas temperature. |
![]() MHI has installed gas turbines supplying more than 40GW around the world. |
![]() MHI has been making gas turbines since the 60s. |
![]() The F-Series has been developed from previous MHI machine series. |
![]() MHI’s F-Series shares several important design features with the rest of the company’s turbines. |
![]() Artist's impression of NYPA's 500MW combined-cycle plant next to the Charles Poletti Power Project in Astoria, Queens. |
![]() The Astoria power plant in New York is one of America’s cleanest, most efficient power plants. |
![]() The Astoria power plant generates 500MW from two combustion turbines and a steam turbine. |
![]() The Astoria plant is located in Queens, New York. |
![]() NYPA also holds the license, which expires in August 2007, for the Niagara Power Project. |
![]() NYPA operates 18 generating facilities and over 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. |
![]() The new St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project Visitors Center run by NYPA. |
![]() The 750MW power plant at Duisburg-Walsum will produce various forms of energy. |
![]() Besides electricity, Unit 10 will provide district heating, process steam and compressed air. |
![]() The hard-fired coal plant will cost about €800m, and should be open in 2010. |
![]() The Duisburg-Walsum plant will generate jobs for the Ruhr district. |
![]() Hitachi Power Europe GmbH was contracted for turnkey construction. |
![]() Steag and EVN started construction ahead of schedule. |
![]() Air pollution control systems include flue gas desulfurisation (FGD) and NOx removal. |
![]() Kwangyang uses GE Power Systems' F Class turbines, with four 170MW Frame 7FA generators. |
![]() GE's F Class turbines use Dry Low NOx combustors. |
![]() About 30 GE Frame 7FA machines are operating or being installed in Korea. |
![]() K-Power is a joint venture by SK Corporation and BP. |
![]() Kwangyang is importing LNG from Indonesia's Tangguh consortium. (BP) |
![]() 2004 World Gas Reserves in the major basins, total 180tcm (International Energy Consultants). |
![]() Asia Pacific LNG demand (International Energy Consultants). |
![]() Asia Pacific Gas demand (International Energy Consultants). |
![]() World LNG trade (International Energy Consultants). |
![]() A new combined cycle gas turbine has been added to the Huntly facility in New Zealand. |
![]() E3P has inlet air-conditioning, multi-stage air compressor, fuel supply and burner, M701F gas turbine and outlet exhaust gas system. |
![]() Genesis reinforced the access route to transport the gas turbine. |
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The Huntly station generates 385MW – enough to power about 400,000 households. |
![]() The existing Huntly power station has a 1,000MW coal and gas-fired steam plant, and a 50MW open cycle gas turbine generator. |
![]() E3P has a conversion efficiency of 56%, 20% higher than the existing power station at the site. |
![]() The response of key generating unit, the HVDC and North Island system load during the April 2007 event. |
![]() Two new CCGT gas turbines are under construction at West County Energy Center in western Palm Beach County. |
![]() The 2,400MW project will cost around $1.2bn. |
![]() There will be three 250 MW 'G' Class gas turbine-electrical generator sets (M501G). |
![]() The new turbines will be similar to those at the Martin and Manatee, and Turkey Point plants. |
![]() Each CCGT will use Mitsubishi gas turbine-electrical generator sets. |
![]() Relation between Combustion and Firing Temperatures and NOx Formation. |
![]() M501G DLN Combustor, Nozzle Block and NOx versus Load Specification. |
![]() Key components of the HRSG. |
![]() Principle of combined-cycle operation. |
![]() Alstom is building a 430MW combined-cycle power plant based on its GT26 gas turbine. |
![]() The GT26 gas turbine has been upgraded. |
![]() Evaporation and fogging can be used for cooling. |
![]() The GT24 / GT26 uses sequential combustion with an Environmental (EV) combustor and a Sequential Environmental (SEV) combustor. |
![]() Typical GT24 / GT26 power train for multi-shaft arrangement. |
![]() E.ON Energie's Irsching site will see the first SGT5-8000H Siemens turbine. |
![]() With a CCGT output of 800MW, Siemens' turnkey CCGT will be the world's largest and most powerful. |
![]() Irsching 5 cost around €450m and will supply a city the size of Hamburg. |
![]() E.ON’s 2007-2009 fixed asset investments in Germany. |
![]() Efficiency of the new turbine will be above 60%. |
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![]() Siemens' 440t gas turbine was transported part way on a low-loader. |
![]() Siemens is building the plant on the site of an existing power station in Irsching near Ingolstadt. |
![]() Irsching 5 was ordered by Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Irsching GmbH. |
![]() GE's new turbine has been developed from its MS7001FB. |
![]() Major elements of life-cycle cost of ownership (present value) for a typical combined-cycle power plant. |
![]() Elements of capital cost for typical combined- cycle plant. |
![]() Elements of maintenance costs for a typical combined-cycle power plant. |
![]() Levelised Cost of Electricity (COE) – US$/kW-hr. |
![]() A FA compressor test vehicle (CTV) determined aerodynamic and structural behaviour. |
![]() Factors that influence the components of power plant cost of electricity production. |
![]() The FB series incorporates advanced design features |
![]() Siemens' SGT5-4000F weighs around 300,000kg. |
![]() Siemens is adding to its worldwide installed capacity with two 830MW CCGT power plants in Argentina. |
![]() Siemens is delivering two high-efficiency gas turbines and a steam turbine to each Campana CCGT plant. |
![]() The Campana plant should open in 2008. |
![]() Siemens has enhanced the SGT5-4000F to give higher component efficiencies. |
![]() Campana uses Siemens' SPPA-T3000 instrumentation and control system. |
![]() Siemens uses a modular CCGT design. |
![]() MHI is supplying the main equipment for the Cartagena plant. |
![]() MHI gas turbines pioneered features like stacked-disk rotors, cannular combustors and cold-end drives. |
![]() The Cartagena plant uses 140MW MHI steam turbines. |
![]() MHI supplies large-capacity, high-temperature (600°C class) steam turbines. |
![]() MHI uses high-efficiency reaction blades with twisted and bowed profiles. |
![]() Evolution of combined-cycle efficiency and power output. |
![]() Mitsubishi has a large installed base of gas turbines. |
![]() The Escombreras 330H generator is hydrogen cooled. |
![]() Escombreras, which is now complete, is part of Spain's large construction programme of CCGT plants. |
![]() Spain is reducing its coal and oil-generating capacity. |
![]() Coil and oil use are being reduced by burning more gas. |
![]() Besides the gas turbines, Escombreras is using GE's 330H hydrogen-cooled generator. |
![]() The S209FB combined-cycle system was only the second use of GE's 9FB gas turbine. |
![]() The 9FB is the 50Hz version of GE's 7FB gas turbine, with a net plant efficiency of 58%. |
![]() Torrent has been restructuring its operations after acquisitions. |
![]() Torrent's revenue breakdown. |
![]() Siemens has seen power market conditions change dramatically over the last ten years. |
![]() Life-cycle analysis for combined cycle plants (Siemens). |
![]() Siemens multi-shaft combined-cycle power plant turnkey (with cooling tower). |
![]() Evolution of combined cycle power plant efficiencies (Siemens). |
![]() Power output, efficiency, NOx emissions and cooling air demand versus combustion temperature (Siemens). |
![]() Efficiency improvements from increasing the number of pressure stages (Siemens). |
![]() Relationship between turbine inlet temperature and NOx emissions (Siemens). |
![]() In the Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) process, seawater is heated and evaporated, after which the steam is condensed to produce desalinated water. |
![]() Structure and Facilities of Desalination Plants. |
![]() Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction is supplying the desalination plant for Ras Laffan B. |
![]() Doosan's Changwon manufacturing facility in Korea. |
![]() Ras Laffan will have three Siemens SGT5-4000F gas turbines. |
![]() Ras Laffan B is being built by Q-Power, a company incorporated through the participation of the Qatar Electricity & Water Company (Kahramaa). |
![]() Siemens' CCGTs have a modular design. |
![]() Severn Power is building an 800MW CCGT power station near Newport, South Wales. |
![]() The £400m plant will be built on the old Uskmouth A coal-fired power station site. |
![]() Artist's impression of the planned 800MW Severn Power project. |
![]() Uskmouth's A station was built in the early 1960s. |
![]() Uskmouth's B station produces 360MW. |
![]() Uskmouth A has been demolished. |
![]() APC's new 1.55GW natural gas CCGT has started operation at Umm Al Nar. |
![]() The Umm Al Nar project cost around ¥250bn ($2.1bn). |
![]() Electricity and water will be bought by the Abu Dhabi Electricity and Water Company (ADWEC). |
![]() APC was formed by ADWEA, TEPCO, Mitsui and IPR. |
![]() Gas for Umm Al Nar is supplied by ADNOC. |
![]() The extension uses equipment from suppliers including GE, Doosan/NEM, Toshiba and Hitachi Zosen. |
![]() Tokyo Electric Power Services provided engineering services for Qianwan. |
![]() Qianwan has three M701F single-shaft gas turbines. |
![]() Mitsubishi has built a number of combined-cycle plants worldwide. |
![]() The turbines were collaboratively produced with the DongFang Turbine Co. |
![]() Overall F-Series plant configuration showing steam cycle. |
![]() The F-Series incorporates a number of improvements, including to the turbine first vane. |
![]() HRSG needs careful optimisation. |
![]() The 800MW Statkraft CCGT plant at Knapsack near Cologne. |
![]() Groundbreaking at Knapsack; construction on the Stadkraft 800MW plant began in the summer of 2005. |
![]() King Harald of Norway opened Statkraft's first gas power plant in Germany. |
![]() The machine hall in Knapsack: Gas turbine no. 1 is nearest, while the steam turbine is furthest away. |
![]() Two 310t gas turbines were installed at Knapsack. |
![]() Siemens' combined-cycle process schematic; Siemens supplied the whole plant and will maintain the gas turbines for 12 years. |
![]() Herdecke adds to Statkraft's power plants in Germany. |
![]() The Herdecke CCGT is near 60% efficient. Source: Statkraft. |
![]() Statkraft's new 400MW gas-fired Herdecke power plant is located near Dortmund. |
![]() Groundbreaking at Herdecke was followed by a two year construction period. Source: Statkraft. |
![]() Statkraft was converted into a limited company – Statkraft AS in October 2004, and is owned by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on behalf of the Norwegian state. |
![]() GE's F/FA/FB series has run up millions of operating hours. |
![]() GE's Dry Low NOx combustors meet strict environmental emissions requirements. |
![]() GE ships one of its gas turbines. |
![]() The 800MW Plana del Vent CCGT at Tarragona uses GE's 9FB turbines. |
![]() The Plana del Vent CCGT is owned by Gas Natural. |
Gas has the lowest CO2 emissions of the fossil fuels. |
![]() Natural gas and power generation in Spain (GWh). |
![]() Founded in 1944, Endesa is the leading Spanish electric utility. |
![]() Endesa has been expanding overseas. |
![]() Duro Felguera was given the contract by Endesa for the second Gran Canaria CCGT. |
![]() The Endesa CCGTs at Barranco de Tirajana cost around €400m. |
![]() Endesa's subsidiary, Unelco Endesa, opened the Gran Canaria CCGTs in 2004 and 2007. |
![]() Gas Natural has around 10 million customers worldwide. |
![]() A leading supplier in Spain, Gas Natural has been expanding. |
![]() Natural gas use looks set to increase in Spain. |
![]() Possible gas supply to Europe 2011. |
![]() Alstom's GT24 and GT26 gas turbines are optimised for combined-cycle applications. |
![]() The GT26 uses sequential combustion. |
![]() Alstom's hybrid plant combines conventional steam and gas turbine power plants. |
![]() The interior of one of the generator buildings in the Bugok CCGT power plant in Chungchong Nam-do province, South Korea. |
![]() Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO) gave permission to construct Bugok. |
![]() Construction of the Bugok power plant, South Korea. |
![]() LG Corporation has built its CCGT power plant at Bugok because this site was easy to connect to the grid. |
![]() Multi-shaft combined-cycle power plant Bugok I, South Korea. |
![]() The Bursa CCGT power plant supplies 1,400MW. |
![]() The Bursa plant consists of four gas turbine generators, four HRSGs and two steam turbine generators. |
![]() Output in megawatts of PG&E power plants in Massachusetts, New England and Connecticut. |
![]() Siemens' latest range of gas turbine power plants has a power output of 65MW up to 814MW. |
![]() Share of electricity consumption by sector, Massachusetts, 2000. |
![]() The Charlton Power Plant won a 2005 Engineering Excellence Award for its wastewater treatment system. |
![]() The $1.5 billion Chiba project produces 2,800MW. |
![]() Inside the Chiba power station. |
![]() Chiba's combined-cycle system has a power-generating efficiency of 49%. |
![]() Chiba has two power trains, each made up of four 360MW stages with one gas and one steam turbine. |
![]() TEPCO's power generating sources. |
![]() Yokohama Thermal Power Station plan. |
![]() Thought to be valued at more than $1bn, the Hsinta natural gas-fired combined-cycle project is Taipower's largest gas-fired investment to date. |
![]() Hsinta CCGT plant. |
![]() Cross-section of the Siemens V84.2 gas turbine. |
![]() Gibsin retrofitted FGD units to meet SOx and other emissions limits. |
![]() A new 1,610MW CCGT plant at Higashi Niigata, Japan, was brought online in 1999. |
![]() Higashi Niigata 4 configuration |
![]() The new CCGT plant at Higashi Niigata has increased the station's total capacity to 4,600MW. |
![]() Higashi Niigata unit four was the first plant to be equipped with MHI's 270MW-rated model 701G1 gas turbines. |
![]() Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' power plant at Unit 4 can handle turbine inlet temperatures up to 1,450°C. |
![]() The 701G can offer better than 58% efficiency in combined cycle plant. |
![]() Aerial view of 1,650MW Midlothian CCGT plant. |
![]() The Midlothian CCGT plant is gas powered. |
![]() National Power (now IP) environmental investment in CCGT, wind power and cogeneration, 1996–1999. |
![]() Location of National Power activities in the USA. |
![]() The Midlothian power station is owned by International Power. |
![]() Midlothian Power Plant was built by ANP, which has since changed its name to International Power. |
![]() IP has interests in over 40 power stations around the world. |
![]() Phu My 1 has three gas turbines with outputs of 230MW each, and a 360MW steam turbine. |
![]() Phu My 1 cost an estimated $530m. |
![]() Phu My 4 cost around $240m. |
![]() Phu My 4 has an output of 450MW. |
![]() The Phu My power plant network has up to 3,900MW of capacity. |
![]() Phu My 2-1 uses V94.2 turbines. |
![]() The 2,000MW Poryong combined-cycle power plant is located some 180km south west of Seoul. |
![]() KEPCO peak and average load 1995–99. |
![]() KEPCO generation capacity by technology, 1999. |
![]() The 3,200MW Ratchaburi plant has three 600MW combined-cycle and two 700MW conventional dual oil/gas fuel thermal generators. |
![]() Ratchaburi is located southwest of Bangkok, Thailand. |
![]() In 2006, Ratch received an award for corporate governance from The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). |
![]() Emerson Process Management supplied its Ovation expert control system for the plant. |
![]() Riyadh conventional thermal and CCGT power plant under construction. |
![]() Saudi Consolidated Electricity Company - Central Region (Sceco Central) serves the Saudi capital Riyadh and the surrounding region. |
![]() The heat recovery steam generators in PP9 work as four combined cycle blocks, each with four MS7001EA gas turbines a steam turbine, and an air condenser (source: CMI). |
![]() The GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) countries are planning to increase electricity trade between them. |
![]() Saudi Arabia plans to increase production to 70,000MW by 2020. |
![]() The Samalayuca II CCGT plant is now generating 700MW using dry combustion systems that limit NOx emissions to less than 25ppm. |
![]() The Mexican Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) generates over 125,000MVA. |
![]() CFE's client base is mainly domestic and commercial, with some in agriculture, industry and the service industries. |
![]() Most of the CFE's power production comes from burning hydrocarbons, followed by hydroelectric power. |
![]() Current structure of the Mexican electricity industry. |
![]() Structure of the Mexican electricity industry. |
![]() The Scriba power plant is an 800MW combined-cycle gas turbine plant. |
![]() GE's H-class turbine. |
![]() New York utility generation by fuel type, 1999. |
![]() New York utility electricity consumption by type, 1999. |
![]() Scriba power station is located in the Independence Industrial Park. |
![]() The 2,000MW Seoinchon combined-cycle plant is located on the island of Ildo, 40 miles SE of Seoul, Korea. |
![]() GE has generators for base- or pedestal-mount applications. |
![]() Generators are generally air, hydrogen or water cooled. |
![]() The Shin Nagoya CCGT plant (labelled 7) is in Nagoya-city, Aichi. |
![]() GE's 7FA gas turbine. |
![]() Rhode Island utility electricity consumption by type, 1999. |
![]() Location of Tiverton Power Plant, RI. |
![]() AES plants under construction, 1999. |
![]() Electricity Consumption by Sector in Brazil, 1999. |
![]() Electricity Consumption by Region in Brazil, 1999. |
![]() Uruguaiana location. |
![]() Manufacturers provide various methods to determine the health of a turbine system. |
![]() Wang Noi, stage one of the CCGT plant. |
![]() Wang Noi, stage two incorporating another 600MW combined-cycle power train. |
![]() Lower half of a gas turbine being unloaded for setting in location. |
![]() Preparation of flow guide ring for assembly. |
![]() Erection exhaust duct of gas turbine. |
![]() Installation flow guide ring (turbine side). |
![]() Yokohama CCGT Power Station with an output of 2,800MW. |
![]() Futtsu Power Station, TEPCO's first combined-cycle thermal power station. |
![]() TEPCO service area. Fuel for the plant is supplied from an LNG terminal 7km north of Yokohama. |
![]() Yokohama combined-cycle gas turbine power station. |
![]() TEPCO generation capacity by technology, 1999. |
![]() Nearby Yokohama thermal power station. |
![]() The Massengale CCGT plant is located on the campus of Texas Tech University. |
![]() The CCGT plant supplies electricity and supplemental steam to the campus. |
![]() Texas utility generation by fuel type, 1999. |
![]() Texas utility electricity consumption by type, 1999. |
![]() The Texas Tech University Business Administration building. |
![]() PSEG acquired the original Albany Steam Station in May 2000. |
![]() Artist's impression of Bethlehem Energy Centre. |
![]() BEC uses a closed-loop cooling system while Albany Steam Station draws water from the Hudson for cooling. |
![]() The Bethlehem power plant has a capacity of 750MW. |
![]() Heat recovery steam generator at the Bethlehem Energy Center site. |
![]() The Bethlehem Energy Center near Albany, New York, is a 750MW combined-cycle plant fueled primarily by natural gas. |
![]() An artist's impression of the second Billingsley CCGT power plant. |
![]() Ground-breaking ceremonies were held on 26 July 2001. |
![]() The water line to the plant site was installed in August 2001. |
![]() The second CCGT plant follows the completion of another CCGT plant on the same site in 2001 (the photo shows the construction of the HRSGs). |
![]() Construction continued on the HRSGs into July 2001. |
![]() AES Parana is a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) facility. More than 60% of its 830MW output comes from gas. |
![]() The Inter-American Development Bank was involved in financing the new plant. |
![]() Two Mitsubishi 701F CTGs generate around 526MW of electricity. |
![]() Argentina's erratic rate of economic growth may diminish its demand for electricity from the AES Parana facility. |
![]() The Mitsubishi 701F units operate at about 1,400°C for high efficiency. |
![]() This view of recently reclaimed mine land shows rock-lined water channels that prevent soil erosion and a well-established crop of tree seedlings. |
![]() P&H supplied mining equipment for the project. |
![]() By world standards, the USA is unusually coal dependent for its electricity generation. |
![]() The Joffre power plant, western Canada. |
![]() The Joffre power plant is a cogeneration facility next to the NOVA Chemicals petrochemical plant. |
![]() Joffre uses Siemens-Westinghouse combustion turbine generators. |
![]() Toshiba turbine inspection and rehabilitation / repair schedule. |
![]() Toshiba's most recent 1,500°C gas turbines give combined cycle plants a thermal efficiency above 53%. |
![]() The San Lorenzo 500MW combined cycle facility is adjacent to the Santa Rita Project. This strategic location allows it to share common facilities such as the tank farm and fuel jetty, thus reducing the need to duplicate various operational facilities. |
![]() The layout of the San Lorenzo site. |
![]() The plant is adjacent to the Santa Rita Project. |
![]() Map of Batangas Bay in the Philippines. |
![]() Siemens' two power generation units run in single-shaft configuration. |
![]() Siemens supplies turbines up to 265MW. |
![]() Sempra Energy Resources has built a $350 million, 600MW CCGT power plant near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. |
![]() Mexico is seeing massive investment in power plants to supply California. Campaigners worry about the environmental cost. |
![]() Erection of a boiler for the 2 x 367MW Shoaiba Power Plant (Gama acted as a subcontractor to Alstom Power Italy). |
![]() Location of the Shoaiba power plant. |
![]() The layout of the Shoaiba complex. |
![]() Alstom Power led a consortium that was awarded the lead contract for the second phase of the project. |
![]() The Shoaiba power plant is supplied with water from the nearby desalination plant. |
![]() On completion, the desalination plant was the largest in the world and uses multi-stage flash (MSF) distillation. |
![]() CCGT power plant in the Baglan Bay Energy Park. |
![]() Frame 9H rotor on the half shell. |
![]() The 525MW plant was at the time the most advanced CCGT facility of its kind. |
![]() The steam pipe under preparation. |
![]() A main steam pipe for the boilers on the Baglan Bay Power Station. |
![]() The High Desert Power Project (HDPP) uses CCGT technology, with three gas turbines and a steam turbine. |
![]() The site is isolated. This is an advantage in California, where there is normally very strong resistance to new power stations. |
![]() The site is a 'greenfield' site, making the go ahead for the project easier to obtain. |
![]() The High Desert Power Project (HDPP) was the first new major power plant for Southern California in over a decade. |
![]() HDPP was finally completed in 2003, after having been in development since the mid-1990s. |
![]() The HDPP CCGT has three gas turbines and a steam turbine. |
![]() The 1,600MW San Joaquin Valley Energy Center (SJVEC) will be the USA's cleanest and lowest cost fossil-fuel facility. |
![]() 11 power contracts have been negotiated in California. One of the biggest projects is the San Joaquin Valley Energy Center. |
![]() The San Joaquin Valley Energy Center will be connected to the Helm Substation by three replacement 1,500ft, 230kV transmission lines and a 230kV switchyard. |
![]() The gas turbine combined cycle power plant system will consist of three CGTs, each producing 250MVA with a 18/230kV step-up transformer, and one SGT producing 623MVA with a 19/230kV step-up transformer. |
![]() The combined gas turbines will be provided by GE Power, and are equipped with dry low nitrogen oxide (NOx) combustors and steam injection power augmentation capabilities. |
![]() ADWEA signed a contract with TotalFinaElf and Tractebel in July 2001 for the purchasing, expansion and refurbishment of the Taweelah A1 power plant. |
![]() Inside view of the three GE 9E cogeneration gas turbines, which were equipped with bypass stacks. |
![]() Eight HSRGs replaced the original three. |
![]() Four of the existing Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) desalination units were upgraded to eight million gallons per day each. |
![]() The original Taweelah plant was refurbished and expanded to 385 million litres per day of clean water. |
![]() Tractebel signed a €280m contract with Vivendi for desalination technology to provide potable water. |
![]() Babcock Borsig Power (BPP) won a €410m contract for the five GE gas turbines, three steam turbines and the eight boilers. |
![]() The Taweelah plants receive gas from the Dolphin pipeline. |
![]() With 2,200MW of gas-fired electricity, Union Power supplies two million homes. |
![]() When completed, the Union Power Project was the largest independent power plant in the United States. |
![]() Aerial view of the 2,205MW CCGT Union Plant, El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. |
![]() Aerial view of the switchyard at the 2,205MW CCGT Union Plant, showing connection to the Arkansas grid. |
![]() Aerial view of the Union Plant, showing the arrangement of the four 550MW CCGT blocks. |
![]() Map of Arkansas, showing major generating sites before the Union Project’s development. |
![]() Premier Power has built a 600MW CCGT power station next to its existing station. |
![]() CCGT gives around 40% better efficiency than conventional power stations. |
![]() Natural gas is the primary fuel, delivered to Ballylumford by subsea pipeline from Scotland. |
![]() Both the existing and the new Ballylumford power stations use dual-fuel boilers. |
![]() The new station is on a 'brown-field' site, adjacent to the existing station and using the existing infrastructure. |
![]() A 450MW combined cycle gas-fired power station is now operating in Meghnaghat, Bangladesh. (night view) |
![]() Bangladesh Power Development Board takes electricity from power plants like the Ghorashal 210MW Thermal Power Station. |
![]() Hyundai Engineering and Construction has constructed a number of power plants worldwide. |
![]() Combined Cycle power plant, constructed by Hyundai Engineering and Construction at Poryong, Korea. |
![]() DHI performed a hydraulic model study at Meghnaghat. |
![]() Hyundai performs feasibility studies, commissioning, operation and maintenance for projects like power plants. |
![]() Construction during Phase I of Meghnaghat. PDB is currently considering Meghnaghat Phase II. |
![]() The Meghnaghat plant was built by AES Corp, and has since been sold to CDC Globeleq. |
![]() The 740MW GTCC power plant at Cilegon, Indonesia, has two gas turbines, one steam turbine and two heat recovery steam generators. |
![]() Development of Mitsubishi gas turbines. |
![]() MHI gas turbines have stacked disk type rotors. |
![]() MHI provides a wide range of gas turbines, from 6MW class to 300MW class. |
![]() Mitsubishi's Plant Life Extension Program. |
![]() Assembly (left) and testing (right) of GE gas turbines. |
![]() Chia-Hui was constructed by J-POWER and Asia Cement Corporation of Taiwan. |
![]() Taipower is buying the whole Chia-Hui power output. |
![]() The project is located at the port of Skikda on the Mediterranean. Source: EIA DOE. |
![]() Algeria exports around 90% of its crude oil to Western Europe. Source: EIA DOE |
![]() Algeria has huge natural resources, and draws around 1.5 million barrels per day. Source: Opec. |
![]() The Skikda CCGT power plant was constructed by SNC Lavalin Constructors International Inc. (the Washington-based subsidiary of Canadian SNC Lavalin). |
![]() GE/ALSTOM supplied two 195MW Frame 9FA steam turbine generator sets. |
![]() GE/ALSTOM also supplied two Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) for Skikda. |
![]() GE 7FA inlet system, generator and turbine sections in the early stages of erection. (Atlantic Projects Company) |
![]() General view of the G | ||