Ameren Prepares to Install Generators at Illinois Power Station

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). AmerenUE, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE) (Saint Louis, Missouri) is preparing to begin installation of three natural gas-fired combustion turbines at the Venice Power Plant in Illinois.

Construction is expected to commence during July 2004 and will involve the installation of two 212-megawatt (MW) and one 135MW Siemens Westinghouse combustion turbine generator sets in a simple-cycle configuration to supply power during peak periods of electricity demand. The new units will be located at the existing Venice Power Plant, located at 701 Main Street in Venice, Illinois, and will replace capacity from oil-and gas-fired steam units previously used at the site. McCarthy Construction Incorporated (Saint Louis, Missouri) will act as general contractor. Commercial operation of the first unit is expected to commence by early summer 2005, with the other two units planned to start up shortly thereafter. Each turbine will be equipped with dry low NOx combustors to control nitrogen oxide emissions.

The Venice Power Plant began operation in 1942, and between 1947 and 1957 was the largest plant in AmerenUE's system, with a generating capacity of 500MW. A fire seriously damaged two of the plant's units in 2000 and in 2002 the company announced plans to permanently retire 343MW of capacity. At one time, the plant utilized five oil-and gas-fired boilers to drive three 98MW General Electric (GE) and two 40MW Allis-Chalmers steam turbine generator sets. The station still has a natural gas fired Pratt & Whitney FT8 Twin Pac currently in Operation.

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