Unit 3 at Mississippi's Batesville Generating Station Incurs Rotor Failure

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Workers at the Batesville Electric Generating Station in Mississippi plan to return Unit 3 online August 20, after it incurred a rotor failure in mid-July. The unit consists of a 167-megawatt (MW) gas turbine and a 113-MW steam turbine. The Batesville station is owned and operated by the South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA) (Hattiesburg, Mississippi).

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Following the outage, the rotor was shipped off-site to a nearby repair shop and is undergoing a full rewind. Plant personnel said the rotor will be returned to the station mid-August.

The Batesville Electric Generating Station includes three natural gas-fired, combined-cycle units, totaling 837 MW.

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