Otay Mesa Energy Center is a 688.5MW gas fired power project. It is located in California, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in October 2009.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Thermal 688.5 688.5 Active California, the US

Description

The project is currently owned by Otay Mesa Energy Center with a stake of 100%.

It is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant that is used for Baseload. The fuel is procured from San Diego Gas & Electric Company.

The project generated 3,337,249MWh of electricity. The project cost is $450m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in October 2009.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to San Diego Gas & Electric under a power purchase agreement for a period of 10 years.

Contractors Involved

The Gas fired project have been supplied by GE Power and Siemens Energy.

The electric generators for the project were procured from GE Power and Siemens Energy.

Nooter/Eriksen supplied steam boiler for the project.

Methodology

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