Newman Power Station is a 285MW gas fired power project. It is located in Texas, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in May 1960. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is currently owned by El Paso Electric.

It is a Steam Turbine power plant. The power plant run on dual-fuel. The primary fuel being used to power the plant is natural gas. In case of shortage of natural gas the plant can also run on Distillate Fuel Oil. The fuel is procured from Kinder Morgan, ONEOK Westex.

The project generated 744,219MWh of electricity.

Development status

The project got commissioned in May 1960.

Contractors involved

Newman Power Station (Newman Power Station Unit I) is equipped with Siemens Tandem Compound, Impulse Reaction, 2-Flow, Condensing steam turbine. The phase consists of 1 steam turbine with 81.6MW nameplate capacity.

Newman Power Station (Newman Power Station Unit II) is equipped with GE Power Tandem Compound, 2-Flow, Condensing steam turbine. The phase consists of 1 steam turbine with 81.6MW nameplate capacity.

Siemens supplied Hydrogen Cooled electric generator for the Newman Power Station (Newman Power Station Unit I).

GE Power supplied Hydrogen Cooled electric generator for the Newman Power Station (Newman Power Station Unit II).

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises supplied steam boiler for the project.

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This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.