Exelon Expects Summer Operation at Fore River Generating Station

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Exelon Generation Company LLC, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) (Chicago, Illinois) is eighty-five percent complete with the construction phase of the Fore River Generating Station. Construction is scheduled to be completed by June of this year. Startup and testing activities are continuing leading up to the firing of the turbines.

The Fore River Generating Station is located at the site of the retired Boston Edison Company (BECO) Edgar Station in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. The plant is a 783-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired combined-cycle facility and includes two 254-megawatt MHI W501G (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) combustion turbine and generators, joined by two heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), and one 275-megawatt Mitsubishi steam turbine. The three units and auxiliary equipment will be housed in a 95,000 square foot structure.

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The plant is located on approximately fifty-seven acres, in a heavily industrialized area along the banks of the Weymouth Fore River. It is located on the west edge of the site to minimize obstructing BECO's existing switchyard. The plant will be connected to the regional grid by a 115kv BECO transmission system serving the site. The plant will be mainly fueled by natural gas, which will be provided by the existing Algonquin Gas Transmission Company transmission system.

The plant will use state-of-the-art air pollution control technology to meet the emission requirements. NOx emissions will be controlled by the use of dry-low NOx combustors and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR).

The Fore River Generating Station will be operated by Exelon Generation Company LLC, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) (Chicago, Illinois), one of the largest electric generation companies in the U.S.