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A 1,200 MW combined cycle power plant under the Electric Power Development Company (J-Power) is now commercially operating in Elwood, Illinois.
The plant’s combustion turbine, steam turbine, generator and heat recovery steam generator were provided by Mitsubishi Power, which noted the two M501JAC turbines supplied were the first in commercial operation to be manufactured in North America.
Jackson Generation was designed and constructed by Kiewit Power Constructors Co.
The station becomes J-Power’s 11th operating gas-fired plant in the U.S. J-Power has projects in seven states, representing 5,400 MW of capacity:
Tenaska Frontiers
Location: Shiro, Texas
Operation Date: Sep 2000
Capacity:830 MW
Technology: Dual fueled, Combined-cycle
Turbines: 3 GE 7FA
Green Country Energy
Location: Jenks, Oklahoma
Operation Date: Feb 2002
Capacity:795 MW
Technology: Natural gas fueled, Combined-cycle
Turbines: 3 GE 7FA
Elwood Energy
Location: Elwood, Illinois
Operation Date: Jul 1999
Capacity: 1,350 MW
Technology: Natural gas fueled, Simple-cycle
Turbines: 9 GE 7FA
Orange Grove Energy
Location: Pala, California
Operation Date: Jun 2010
Capacity: 96 MW
Technology: Natural gas fueled, Simple-cycle
Turbines: 2 GE LM6000 PC Sprint
Shoreham Energy
Location: Shoreham, New York
Operation Date: Aug 2002
Capacity: 90 MW
Technology: JET-A fueled, Simple-cycle
Turbines: 2 GE LM6000 PC Sprint
Edgewood Energy
Location: Brentwood, New York
Operation Date: Jul 2002
Capacity: 88 MW
Technology: Natural gas fueled, Simple-cycle
Turbines: 2 GE LM6000 PC Sprint
Pipelawn Power
Location: West Babylon, New York
Operation Date: Jul 2005
Capacity: 79.9 MW
Technology: Dual fueled, Combined-cycle
Equus Power (Freeport)
Location: Freeport, New York
Operation Date: Jun 2004
Capacity: 48 MW
Technology: Dual fueled, Simple-cycle
Turbines: GE LM6000 PC Sprint
Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners
Location: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Operation Date: Dec 2018
Capacity: 925 MW
Technology: Natural gas fueled, Combined-cycle
Turbines: 2 MHPS M501J
Tenaska Virginia Partners
Location: Scottsville, Virginia
Operation Date: May 2004
Capacity:885 MW
Technology: Natural gas fueled, Combined-cycle
Turbines: 3 GE 7FA
J-Power owns 97 power plants in Japan and 34 international plants overall.
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