CPV breaks ground on energy center, to use GE gas turbines
SILVER SPRING, Maryland — Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), GE and Osaka Gas held the CPV Fairview Energy Center's groundbreaking ceremony onsite in Johnstown, Pennsylvania with local leaders, industry professionals, union representatives, and neighbors. Located 60 mi east of Pittsburgh, the facility is a $700 MM, 1,050-megawatt (MW) natural gas and ethane-fueled combined-cycle electric generating station expected to begin commercial operations in early 2020.
Guest speakers for the groundbreaking ceremony included Gary Lambert, CPV President & CEO; Eiichi Inamura, Osaka Gas USA Chairman; Katy Wilner, GE Power Region GM for Sales; Mike Pasquerilla, President of the Greater Johnstown Regional Partnership; and Bruce Baker, Chairman of the Jackson Township Supervisors.
The project has staunch support from Jackson Township and will yield substantial local and regional benefits. Those benefits include hundreds of millions of dollars in private infrastructure investment, significant revenue for the state in sales tax during construction and significant new revenues for local governments and businesses.
CPV Fairview will utilize GE's 7HA.02 gas turbines, a steam turbine, generators and additional controls equipment. The HA is GE's largest and most efficient gas turbine, and in June of 2016, GE was recognized for powering the world's most efficient combined-cycle power plant with its HA technology. GE's HA technology also offers industry-leading flexibility—capable of delivering full power to the grid in under 30 min—and provides cleaner, more reliable and sustainable power to customers. CPV Fairview will be unlike any other similar plant as it will be fueled by a mix of natural gas and ethane.
CPV, GE and Osaka Gas originally announced the project in March 2017 as co-developers. Once operational, the CPV Fairview Energy Center will require nearly two dozen new jobs, earning a total of $3 MM–$4 MM in annual salaries and benefits, and it will be a valuable generating resource for the PJM market.
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