Sunflower Electric Evaluating Sites for Peaking Unit Additions

---

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mid-Kansas Electric Company LLC (Hays, Kansas) cooperative, currently has 996 megawatts (MW) of operational thermal generation capacity and is studying the addition of multiple peaking units in Kansas. Sunflower is looking at installing three to 15 8.4-MW natural-gas-fired or oil-fired Wartsila 20V34 internal combustion reciprocating engine/generator sets to provide peaking power to the grid. The utility evaluating the existing Fort Dodge Power Station in Fort Dodge, the Great Bend Power Station in Great Bend, and the Holcomb Power Station in Holcomb as possible project sites. The additional units would supply between 25.2 MW and 126 MW of additional power.

Sunflower is currently planning to install two 700-MW coal-fired units at the Holcomb Power Station and is looking to possibly repower Fort Dodge 04 with the addition of two 185-MW natural-gas-fired combustion turbine/generators with heat recovery steam generators in addition to the peaking units. Sunflower would increase its total capacity by 290% if all of the planned projects are built.

View Plant Profile - 1520082 1520243 1520583
View Project Report - 33000246 33001054 33000630

Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is a marketing information service specializing in industrial process, energy and financial related markets with products and services ranging from industry news, analytics, forecasting, plant and project databases, as well as multimedia services.