Caithness Long Island Energy Center is a 348.9MW gas fired power project. It is located in New York, 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 a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in August 2009. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project is currently owned by Caithness Long Island.
It is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant that is used for Baseload. 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 project generated 2,173,015MWh of electricity. The project cost is $501.097m.
Development status
The project got commissioned in August 2009.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Long Island Power Authority under a power purchase agreement.
Contractors involved
Siemens was selected as the turbine supplier for the Gas fired project. The company provided 1 unit of SGT6-5000F gas turbine with 196.2MW nameplate capacity.
Siemens was selected as the turbine supplier for the Gas fired project. The company provided 1 unit of SST-900 RH steam turbine with 152.7MW nameplate capacity.
Siemens supplied Air Cooled electric generator for the project.
Siemens supplied Air Cooled electric generator for the project.
Nooter supplied steam boiler for the project.
Nooter supplied steam boiler for the project.
Siemens is the O&M contractor for thermal power project.
For more details on Caithness Long Island Energy Center, buy the profile here.
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