Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of two power plant units with H-class gas turbines for the Liberty combined cycle power plant in Pennsylvania. The end customer is a subsidiary of Panda Power Funds while the power plant is to be erected by Gemma-Lane.
It will consist of two units, which will be erected as single-shaft configurations, each with an H-class gas turbine as the main component. In combined-cycle duty plant will have a capacity of 829 MWe and will be one of the most modern gas-fired plants on the East Coast of the USA. The order volume for Siemens, including a long-term maintenance and service contract, is around $400 million. Commissioning of the plant, which will incorporate the 24th H-class GT sold worldwide by Siemens, is scheduled for 2016.
The Liberty power plant is to be erected in the Asylum Township in Bradford county in Pennsylvania and will be the first power plant on the Marcellus gas field. It will be fired entirely by the shale gas reserves present in this field. Siemens will supply two power islands for the plant, each consisting of one SGT6-8000H gas turbine, one SST6-5000 steam turbine, one hydrogen-cooled SGen-2000H generator and one heat recovery steam generator, along with the overall electrical system and the SPPA-T3000 I&C system. A long-term maintenance and service contract was also concluded for the main components. Each unit will be made in a single-shaft configuration, an arrangement that offers economic advantages, thanks to lower investment costs and a high degree of flexibility during operation.
"The United States is now the leading purchaser of Siemens´ H-class gas turbines – with almost half of all orders globally" commented Roland Fischer, CEO of the Fossil Power Generation division at Siemens Energy.
"Due to its high efficiency, [this plant] will be very economical to operate." said Todd W. Carter, president and senior partner of Panda Power Funds.
The gas turbines and generators will be fabricated at the Siemens plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. Siemens Financial Services is funding a loan of $50 million for the project.
