Dominion Starts Site Prep for $619 Million Combined-Cycle Power Project in Virginia

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Incorporated (NYSE:D) (Richmond, Virginia), has begun construction of the $619 million, 580-megawatt (MW) Bear Garden Generating Station in New Canton, Virginia.

Official site preparation for the project began in November and full commercial operation is anticipated to commence during the summer of 2010. The project will consist of constructing a 2-on-1 combined-cycle power station that will feature two 170-MW natural-gas-fired GE Energy (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut) MS7001FA combustion turbine generators and two heat recovery steam generators that will direct the hot exhaust gases from the combustion turbines to a single GE Energy D11 steam turbine.

Fluor Enterprises Incorporated (Charlotte, North Carolina), a subsidiary of Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) will provide the turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services for the project.

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