RiverBay Completes 40-Megawatt Expansion in New York

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--RiverBay Corporation (Bronx, New York) has completed construction and start-up testing of its $15 million 40-megawatt (MW) expansion project at the Co-Op City power cogeneration plant in the Bronx, New York.

Construction of the project began in September 2006. RiverBay Corporation anticipates full commercial start-up by the end of the month. The project consists of adding two 13-(MW) dual-fuel Siemens Power Generation SGT-400 Cyclone combustion turbines, two Innovative Steam Technologies’ Once Through Heat Recovery Steam Generators and one 15-MW Siemens Power Generation SST-300 steam turbine Generator with a Rentech Packaged Boiler. The cogeneration plant will be responsible for providing heat, hot water, air conditioning and electrical distribution to all buildings in the Co-op City neighborhood that houses approximately 60,000 residents, the largest cooperative in the world. Once the expansion is complete, the Co-Op City cogeneration plant will be able to export 20 MW of much-needed power to meet growing demands.

Fresh Meadows Mechanical Corporation (Fresh Meadows, New York) provided the turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services for the project.

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