Wayzata Investment Partners Completes Construction of 285-Megawatt Combined-Cycle Project in Washington

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Wayzata Investment Partners (Wayzata, Minnesota) has completed construction and is in start-up testing for the estimated $180 million, 285-megawatt (MW) Mint Farm power project near Longview, Washington.

The project was formerly owned by Mirant Corporation (NYSE:MIR ) (Atlanta, Georgia), but it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-2003, causing the cancellation of several projects, including the Mint Farm project. Construction was halted after reaching 60% completion in 2002. Mirant sold the project to Wayzata in October 2005, and construction resumed during the summer of 2006. Wayzata anticipates full commercial start-up by mid-November.

The project consists of a combined-cycle power block equipped with a 171-MW natural-gas-fired GE Energy MS7001FA combustion turbine with a duct-fired Foster Wheeler heat-recovery steam generator and a 114-MW Fuji Heavy Industries steam turbine. The plant will feature state-of-the art emissions technology, such as dry low NOx (DLN) selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for the control of NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions.

Shaw Stone & Webster Incorporated (Stoughton, Massachusetts), a subsidiary of Shaw Group Incorporated (NYSE:SGR ) (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), acted as the engineer for the project. JH Kelley LLC (Longview, Washington) acted as the general contractor on the project.

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