Gowanus Oil Fired Barge Mounted Power Plant is a 320MW dual-fuel 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 multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in July 1971. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project is currently owned by Eastern Generation with a stake of 100%.
It is a Gas Turbine power plant that is used for Peakload. The power plant run on dual-fuel. The primary fuel being used to power the plant is distillate fuel oil. In case of shortage of distillate fuel oil the plant can also run on Kerosene.
The project generated 4,863MWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in July 1971.
Contractors involved
GE Power was selected as the turbine supplier for thermal power project. The project consists of 16 units of MS5001N turbines, each with 20MW nameplate capacity.
GE Power supplied electric generator for the Gowanus Oil Fired Barge Mounted Power Plant (Gowanus Oil Fired Barge Mounted Power Plant Phase I).
GE Power supplied electric generator for the Gowanus Oil Fired Barge Mounted Power Plant (Gowanus Oil Fired Barge Mounted Power Plant Phase II).
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