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Released October 02, 2018 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Power Industry will see great beginnings and great endings in the U.S. Southeast during the fourth quarter this year. Industrial Info is tracking more than $2.94 billion in power-related project construction kickoffs and completions in the U.S. Southeast market region for the period.
The Southeast Region comprises Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. It also includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Click on the image at right for a graph showing fourth-quarter 2018 Power Industry kickoff and completion activity by state/territory in the Southeast market region.
Project Kickoffs
During the fourth quarter, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (NYSE:TVE) (Knoxville, Tennessee) plans to perform a two-month extended power uprate on the 1,105-megawatt (MW) Unit 1 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station in Athens, Alabama. The $160 million project includes upgrading the General Electric (NYSE:GE) tandem-compound turbine generator and the General Electric, Hitachi (Tokyo, Japan) boiling water reactor, and increasing the unit's capacity by 15%. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Earlier this year, TVA uprated Unit 3 at the Browns Ferry station, and plans to uprate Unit 2 in spring 2019, the authority said in a July 25 press release. Altogether, TVA expects to spend $475 million on the uprates. Once the uprates are completed, Browns Ferry will generate an additional 465 megawatts, TVA said. For more information on TVA, see February 12, 2018, article - End is in Sight for TVA's 10-Year, $10 Billion Capital and Maintenance Plan.
Other big-ticket power project kickoffs include:
By far the biggest completion in the fourth quarter in terms of total investment value (TIV) is Duke Energy Corporation's (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina) $1.5 billion natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Crystal River, Florida. Construction of the 1,640-MW brownfield plant in Citrus County began in second-quarter 2015. The plant includes four 270-MW Mitsubishi Model 501GAC combustion turbine generator sets and two 280-MW Mitsubishi steam generator sets. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) is providing turnkey services. The plant will provide energy to 1.8 million customers across 35 counties, according to Duke. Once the plant is in operation, the company will retire its Crystal River coal-fired units 1 and 2, which were built in 1966 and 1969, respectively. These units make up half of the company's coal-fired power plants in Florida. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Other substantial project completions include:
The Southeast Region comprises Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. It also includes Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Click on the image at right for a graph showing fourth-quarter 2018 Power Industry kickoff and completion activity by state/territory in the Southeast market region.Project Kickoffs
During the fourth quarter, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (NYSE:TVE) (Knoxville, Tennessee) plans to perform a two-month extended power uprate on the 1,105-megawatt (MW) Unit 1 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Station in Athens, Alabama. The $160 million project includes upgrading the General Electric (NYSE:GE) tandem-compound turbine generator and the General Electric, Hitachi (Tokyo, Japan) boiling water reactor, and increasing the unit's capacity by 15%. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Earlier this year, TVA uprated Unit 3 at the Browns Ferry station, and plans to uprate Unit 2 in spring 2019, the authority said in a July 25 press release. Altogether, TVA expects to spend $475 million on the uprates. Once the uprates are completed, Browns Ferry will generate an additional 465 megawatts, TVA said. For more information on TVA, see February 12, 2018, article - End is in Sight for TVA's 10-Year, $10 Billion Capital and Maintenance Plan.
Other big-ticket power project kickoffs include:
- NextEra Energy Incorporated's (NYSE:NEE) (Juno Beach, Florida) $103 million, 74.5-MW Miami Dade Solar Power Plant; see project report
- Cooperative Energy's (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) $36 million, 22.78-MW reciprocating generator unit addition in Benndale, Mississippi; see Industrial Info's project report.
- TVA's $26 million Sequoyah Nuclear Power Station Unit 02 Refueling maintenance outage in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee; see industrial info's project report.
By far the biggest completion in the fourth quarter in terms of total investment value (TIV) is Duke Energy Corporation's (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina) $1.5 billion natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Crystal River, Florida. Construction of the 1,640-MW brownfield plant in Citrus County began in second-quarter 2015. The plant includes four 270-MW Mitsubishi Model 501GAC combustion turbine generator sets and two 280-MW Mitsubishi steam generator sets. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) is providing turnkey services. The plant will provide energy to 1.8 million customers across 35 counties, according to Duke. Once the plant is in operation, the company will retire its Crystal River coal-fired units 1 and 2, which were built in 1966 and 1969, respectively. These units make up half of the company's coal-fired power plants in Florida. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
Other substantial project completions include:
- NextEra Energy Incorporated's $130 million, 230-kilovolt (kV) St. Johns-Pellicer transmission line in St. Johns County, Florida; see project report.
- Origis Energy USA's (Miami, Florida) $100 million, 50-MW Reedy Creek Improvement District photovoltaic solar facility in Florida; see project report.
- Southern Company's (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta, Georgia) $75 million, units 1-5 coal ash conversion; see project report.
