Sugar Creek Energy Completes Combined Cycle Conversion in Indiana

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Mirant Corporation (NYSE: MIR) (Atlanta, Georgia) has completed commercial startup of a combined cycle conversion at its Sugar Creek Energy plant located in West Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. The conversion involved the addition of two duct fired heat recovery steam generators and a steam turbine generator and is expected to bring the plant's total capacity up to 550 megawatts. The Sugar Creek Energy plant began commercial operation in July 2002 as a simple cycle generator providing 318 megawatts of reliable power to southern Indiana and the Midwestern United States and has been used for peaking demands.

The construction contract was awarded to the St. Louis, Missouri based J.S. Alberici Construction Company. Founded in 1918, J.S. Alberici Construction Company offers general contracting, construction management, design / build services, and specialty contracting such as heavy demolition and steel fabrication and erection.

The engineering contract was awarded to the Kansas City, Missouri based Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company. Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company has over 1,600 engineers, architects, scientists and other specialist who design and build quality projects around the world.