Algonquin Power Plans $23 Million Retrofit to Improve California Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Oakville, Ontario-based Algonquin Power Income Fund plans to invest approximately $23 million to upgrade the existing 44-megawatt Sanger Generating Station (Sanger, California) during the last quarter of 2007. The Sanger facility consists of a 32-megawatt Westinghouse W251 combustion turbine with Deltak heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), and a 12-megawatt General Electric steam turbine that became operational in 1991. The Westinghouse combustion turbine will be replaced with a General Electric LM6000 combustion turbine plus associated equipment. The turbine replacement will increase total electric output to approximately 56 megawatts.

Electrical energy produced by the plant is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (San Francisco, California) until 2022 under a long-term agreement.

The main fuel source that the plant uses is natural gas, which decreases the amount of greenhouse gas emissions release into the atmosphere.

Integrated Engineers and Contractors Corporation (Sacramento, California) is providing engineering services for the project.

The retrofit is scheduled to take place in the last quarter of 2007 with an 8-week long duration.

Algonquin Power is a medium-sized investment firm that engages and owns direct interest primarily in electric power generation, distribution and infrastructure.

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