Pinon Pine power project nears start-up
- Sierra Pacific Power Co., Reno, NV (United States)
- Foster Wheeler USA Corp., Clinton, NJ (United States)
- M.W. Kellogg Co., Houston, TX (United States)
The IGCC facility being built by Sierra Pacific Power Company (SPPCo) at their Tracy Station in Nevada is one of three IGCC facilities being cost-shared by the US Department of Energy (DOE) under their Clean Coal Technology Program. The specific technology to be demonstrated in SPPCo`s Round Four Project, known as the Pinon Pine IGCC Project, includes the KRW air blown pressurized fluidized bed gasification process with hot gas cleanup coupled with a combined cycle facility based on a new GE 6FA gas turbine. Construction of the 100 MW IGCC facility began in February 1995 and the first firing of the gas turbine occurred as scheduled on August 15, 1996 with natural gas. Mechanical completion of the gasifier and other outstanding work is due in January 1997. Following the startup of the plant, the project will enter a 42 month operating and testing period during which low sulfur western and high sulfur eastern or midwestern coals will be processed.
- Research Organization:
- National Mining Association, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-92MC29309
- OSTI ID:
- 682323
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970121-Vol.2; ON: DE97007477; TRN: IM9942%%308
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. annual clean coal technology conference: powering the next millennium, Tampa, FL (United States), 7-10 Jan 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]; Related Information: Is Part Of 5. annual clean coal technology conference: powering the next millennium. Vol.2; PB: 374 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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