Texas' Natural Gas-Fired Ector Energy Center Operational

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Invenergy LLC's (Chicago, Illinois) Ector County Energy Center, which is located in Ector, Texas, began commercial operations on August 24, 2015. This is Invenergy's first natural-gas facility in Texas; it owns several wind-powered facilities in the state.

The facility has two General Electric (NYSE:GE) simple-cycle combustion turbines, each with a capacity of 171 megawatts (MW). Lauren Engineers and Constructors and Power Engineers Collaborative LLC kicked off construction in October 2014.

Invenergy will own and operate this 386-MW, natural gas facility. Invenergy has at least one more natural gas addition planned to kick off in the next five years, with a total investment value of $336 million.

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