Project Owner:
Tenaska

Completion Date: May 2003

Utility Engineering (UE) teamed with Zachry Construction Corporation (ZCC) to form a joint venture (ZUE) for this $300M+ EPC project.
Tenaska, Inc. (Tenaska), the developer, formed Tenaska Alabama II Partners, L.P., to build, own and operate the facility.

Tenaska has executed an energy conversion agreement with Coral Power, L.L.C. (Coral) for the generating station’s entire production. Under this long-term agreement, the Tenaska facility converts fuel owned and supplied by Coral into electricity, which Coral markets throughout the Southeast region's wholesale power market.

The 885 MW combined cycle plant consists of three General Electric (GE) Frame 7FA gas turbines, three Deltak HRSGs and one General Electric steam turbine. It is a modern, natural gas-fueled facility with state-of-the-art emission controls.

UE was a joint venture partner with ZCC and provided all detailed civil/structural, mechanical, electrical and controls balance of plant (BOP) engineering including all procurement and construction specifications. In addition, UE provided field engineer services during checkout, start-up and performance testing. Tenaska's 885 MW combined-cycle Central Alabama Generating Station entered operation in May 2003 and quickly proved its mettle, achieving a summer availability of 99.04%.

Services Performed:

• Plant layout and estimating
• Detailed BOP engineering
• Procurement specifications
• Field engineering
• Start-up and performance testing
• As-built documentation
  

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