GE has won an order from Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) Fairview Energy Center for two 7HA gas turbines and an engineered equipment package, to be fuelled by a mix of ethane and methane.
The turbines will be supplied to a 1050MW combined-cycle power plant in Jackson Township, Pennsylvania, US, which will go into operation in 2020.
It is the fourth CPV developed power project using GE’s heavy duty gas turbines in the US, but unlike any similar plants it will be fuelled by a mix of natural gas and ethane.
“Our HA technology is more flexible and efficient than ever before, and it’s changing the way power is delivered around the world,” said Scott Strazik, chief commercial officer, Gas Power Systems at GE Power. “We’re proud to once again team up with CPV and to bring this innovative technology to Pennsylvania where we will deliver what is expected to be one of the most efficient combined-cycle power plants in the state.”
The HA is GE’s largest and most efficient gas turbine. It is also very flexible - capable of delivering full power to the grid in under 30 minutes – making it ideal for balancing increasingly large flows of intermittent renewable power.
GE Energy Financial Services co-developed the CPV Fairview project and is an equity investor alongside CPV and OGUSA. Together the partners arranged $700 million of senior debt financing which will provide for construction, term, letters of credit, and working capital financing needs of the project.