Silicon Valley Power Completes Construction of 147-Megawatt Power Station

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Silicon Valley Power (SVP), a subsidiary of Santa Clara Power (Santa Clara, California) has completed construction and is in start-up testing for the $155 Million Donald Von Raesfeld Power Station (referred to as the DVR project), in Santa Clara, California.

The DVR project, formally named the Pico Power Project was renamed to honor former Santa Clara City Manager and public power supporter, Donald Von Raesfeld. The project is part of SVP's efforts to stay ahead of growing power demands for the Bay Area as some of the company's power purchasing contracts are slated to expire.

Construction for the project started in November 2003 and was completed in November 2004. SVP anticipates full commercial operation to commence in February 2005. The project consists of two 45-megawatt natural gas-fired GE Power Systems LM6000 SPRINT combustion turbine generators, two duct-fired Express Integrated Technologies LLC heat recovery steam generators and a 57-megawatt Mitsubishi Heavy Industries condensing steam turbine generator. The project also features state-of-the-art technology, including selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for the reduction of NOx emissions and the use of catalytic oxidation for the control of CO emissions. The project will operate in a 2-on-1 combined-cycle configuration with a nameplate capacity of 147-megawatts.

Raesfeld will be connected to the grid via SVP's existing 115-kilovolt (kV) Kifer Receiving Station, located adjacent to the plant. San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant will supply the recycled wastewater needed. Most of the water will be reused at the plant until it is evaporated, and any remaining wastewater will be returned to the city's sewer system.

Black and Veatch Corporation, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, performed the engineering for the project. University-Marelich Mechanical (UMM) (Anaheim, California) a branch of Marelich Mechanical Company Incorporated (headquartered in Hayward, California), acted as general contractor for the project.

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