CENTRAL ALABAMA GENERATING STATION

摘要

Tenaska's 885 MW combined-cycle Central Alabama Generating Station in Billingsley, Alabama, entered operation in May 2003 and quickly proved its mettle, achieving a summer availability of 99.04% and a perfect safety record with zero recordable injuries. The 3x1 plant consists of three GE 7FA gas turbines, three Deltak triple-pressure heat recovery steam generators, and a single GE D11 steam turbine. The plant operates under a long-term tolling agreement; the customer supplies the fuel for the plant and markets the power output. Daily cycling is the most common dispatch scenario at Central Alabama. A key ingredient in Tenaska's approach to power plant ownership and operation is applying lessons learned from elsewhere in the Tenaska fleet. "We call this knowledge leveraging," says Robert Threlkeld, Plant Manager at Central Alabama. "For us, the lessons learned at other Tenaska plants during start-up and their first summer seasons have translated directly into improved performance here, as shown by our availability record."