Tri-State Generation’s electrical plant in Craig, Colo., runs on low-sulfur coal. To meet current emissions regulations, Tri-State decided on a technology called selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for one of the units at the plant.
The project team says planning and coordination were critical in constructing a new 340-megawatt energy facility at an existing Virginia power station using equipment repurposed from a plant in Florida.
Substantial completion of the project, one of the cleanest natural-gas-fired facilities in the U.S., required innovative engineering, procurement and construction techniques.
Despite changes that compressed the project schedule by eight months, the team building the Mustang Energy Center completed the project on time and $55 million under budget.
With several climate-controlled buildings and animal enclosures, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s more than 3,000-acre site had a large monthly electric bill.
Scheduling constraints and working with sensitive equipment made construction of this liquefied natural gas facility in northeastern Pennsylvania challenging.