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LCG, April 15, 2025--Matrix Renewables announced today the successful commissioning of the Pleasant Valley Solar 1 power generation facility in Ada County, Idaho. The 200-MWac solar facility includes a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that was secured through negotiation with Meta and Idaho Power. Matrix Renewables states the facility is the largest operational solar facility in Idaho Power's system. Sundt Renewables, the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services provider, completed construction of the project on March 2nd.
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LCG, April 9, 2025--Duke Energy announced yesterday its submission of a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Robinson Nuclear Plant, a 759-MW nuclear unit located near Hartsville, South Carolina. The application requests extending the plant's operations for an additional 20 years.
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Industry News
Siemens H-class Gas Turbine Fleet Exceeds 200,000 Operating Hours
LCG, March 4, 2016--Siemens announced yesterday that its fleet of H-class gas turbines achieved over 200,000 operating hours in January 2016. Today there are 19 turbines in the SGT-8000H series in commercial operation.
The H-Class gas turbines, which have increased power output from the earlier F-Class turbines, have a gross power output of 296 MW. The high-efficiency gas turbines can achieve efficiencies greater than 60 percent in combined cycle power plants.
The head of Large Gas Turbines and Generators in the Siemens Power and Gas Division stated, "The SGT-8000H achieves a very high degree of efficiency and is marked by short startup times and fast load-changing capabilities. The turbines have proven themselves extensively in daily power plant operation after more than 200,000 hours of operation: The reliability of the SGT-8000H fleet is over 99 percent, and availability is over 96 percent."
The first SGT5-8000H (50-Hz) gas turbine began commercial operations in 2011 in Germany, with the next SGT6-8000H units for the 60-Hz market following in 2013 at Florida Power & Light's Cape Canaveral power plant in Florida, U.S. and the Dangjin 3 plant in South Korea.
Siemens has now sold a total of 76 H-class gas turbines worldwide, and Siemens states that this makes it the most successful gas turbine in this efficiency category on today's market. Worldwide Siemens has sold 39 of the turbines on the 50-Hertz (Hz) market and 37 turbines on the 60-Hz market. The most recent order for two H-class turbines came from Mexico in January 2016 for the CFE Empalme II combined cycle plant.
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