Arizona Public Service Company Completes Construction of $50 Million Expansion in Yuma

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Arizona Public Service Company (APS), a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE:PNW) (Phoenix, Arizona), has commenced full commercial operation of its $50 million 96-megawatt expansion project at the Yucca Power Station in Yuma, Arizona.

Construction for the project began in October 2007 and was completed the following spring. APS commenced commercial operation of the new expansion this month. The project consisted of installing two 48-megawatt GE Power Systems LM6000PC SPRINT combustion turbines to the existing facility to help meet the summer peaking demands for APS customers. GE Power Systems is a branch of the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut). The new expansion features state-of-the art emission control technology, such as selective catalytic reduction to help reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.

The Wood Group (LSE:WG) (Aberdeen, U.K.), whose U.S. headquarters are in Houston, Texas, provided the turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services for the project.

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