The Panda Patriot Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power station that is located in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States (near Williamsport).
| Panda Patriot Power Plant | |
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 Panda Patriot Power Plant in May 2021 | |
 Location of Panda Patriot Power Plant | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Clinton Township, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 41°10′51″N 76°50′21″W / 41.1807°N 76.8393°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | December 2013 |
| Commission date | 3Q 2016[1][2] |
| Construction cost | $ 909 million |
| Owner(s) | Panda Energy International |
| Operator(s) | Panda Energy International |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 400 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 829 MW |
Owned solely by Panda Energy International of Dallas, Texas, the plant was built due to the retirement of roughly a dozen coal-fired power stations in Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland. After three years of planning and approval by local, state and federal agencies, construction on the station began in 2013. It took approximately thirty months to complete the total project.
Current status edit
The plant has been operational since its commission date in 2016. It generates a total of 829 megawatts of electricity by the use of two 400 MW single-shaft power trains. The plant uses Siemens SGT6-8000H gas turbines, Siemens SST-5000 steam turbines, Siemens SGEN6-H hydrogen-cooled generators, Vogt “Smart-Box” Heat Recovery Steam Generators and Air Cooled Condensers. Gemma also constructed ancillary systems and buildings as well as the electrical interconnection facilities and tie-ins for natural gas, water and wastewater.[3]
As of August 2017 the plant serves just over one million homes in Lycoming, Clinton, Potter, Northumberland, Union, Montour, Columbia, Sullivan, Tioga and Bradford counties in Pennsylvania. Along with Chemung, Broome and Steuben counties in New York.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Siemens and Panda Power Funds today celebrated the commissioning of the Panda Patriot Power Project in Clinton Township, Pennsylvania". USA News. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "New Panda Patriot station commissioned in Pennsylvania". Power-Tech.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "The Panda Patriot Power Project is a clean natural gas-fueled, 829-megawatt combined-cycle generating station". Aiche.org. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "829 MW facility is the one of two new power plants fueled from Marcellus Shale Gas ..."