Repowering Extends Lives of Aging Generating Plants

SUGAR LAND--May 19, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--More power-generation plant owners are choosing to repower plants, rather than close them, to save facilities that have served communities for decades. These owners believe the current low price and abundance of natural gas creates an opportunity to extend the life of their facilities, while significantly lowering the plants' heat rate (efficiency) and increasing output to the grid. Repowering also can help a facility meet new greenhouse emissions standards economically.

Within this article: Various aspects of repowering projects.