More honors comingIn the September issue of POWER, we'll profile our 2006 Plant of the Year and name the winner of this year's Marmaduke Award for excellence in operations and maintenance. Plant of the Year has been a coveted award for decades, and the winner's name is the magazine's most closely held secret. The Marmaduke Award is named for Marmaduke Surfaceblow, the legendary plant troubleshooter whose exploits have been chronicled in POWER since the late 1940s. The editors couldn't agree on one Marmaduke Award winner, so this year we decided to present two awards, to projects equally worthy of recognition.
Arcos de la Frontera Grupo III—Cádiz, Spain—World's first GE 9FB gas turbine installation becomes a standard for Iberdrola. Bavaria Solarpark—Bavaria, Germany—World's largest (11 MW) photovoltaic plant completes first year of operation. Bethlehem Energy Center—Glenmont, N.Y.—750-MW repowering project features fish-friendly cooling system, reduced emissions. Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility—Brooklyn, N.Y.—Refurbished 286-MW plant with award-winning environmental record also supplies steam to Manhattan. Currant Creek Power Plant—Mona, Utah—First new generating capacity built by PacifiCorp in 20 years "went commercial" twice. Kannagawa Hydropower Plant—Gunma and Nagano Prefectures, Japan—First 480-MW phase of world's largest (2,800 MW) pumped-storage plant enters service. Linden Generating Station—Linden, N.J.—Huge (1,240 MW) plant near New York City uses reclaimed wastewater for all cooling needs. Monticello Steam Electric Station—Mount Pleasant, Texas—Based on 10 years' experience blending PRB coal and lignite at Monticello, TXU proposes building 11 more units in east Texas like the three there. Mountainview Power Plant—Redlands, Calif.—First project by Southern California Edison since deregulation resurrects abandoned project and goes commercial in record time. NYPA Astoria Project—Astoria, N.Y.—New York Power Authority's first combined-cycle plant, the first sizable new capacity in the Big Apple in decades, is rated at 500 MW. Saguaro Solar Power Plant—Red Rock, Ariz.—First solar thermal project with an organic Rankine cycle built in the U.S. in almost 20 years. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Fuel Cell Project—Chico, Calif.—1-MW project first integrated recovery of heat and waste gas; next, it may add solar cells.
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