Calcasieu Power Station is a 358.8MW gas fired power project. It is located in Louisiana, 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 2000. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is currently owned by Entergy Louisiana with a stake of 100%.

It is a Gas Turbine power plant that is used for Peakload. The fuel is procured from Gulf South Pipeline.

The project generated 176,773MWh of electricity.

Development status

The project got commissioned in May 2000.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Cleco Corporate Holdings under a power purchase agreement.

Contractors involved

Parsons was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the gas fired power project.

Calcasieu Power Station (Calcasieu Power Station Unit I) is equipped with Siemens SGT6-5000F gas turbine. The phase consists of 1 gas turbine with 174.3MW nameplate capacity.

Calcasieu Power Station (Calcasieu Power Station Unit II) is equipped with Siemens SGT6-5000F gas turbine. The phase consists of 1 gas turbine with 184.5MW nameplate capacity.

Siemens Energy supplied electric generator for the Calcasieu Power Station (Calcasieu Power Station Unit I).

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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.