Danskammer Repowering Project selects MHPS JAC gas turbine to help New York State achieve its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy production goals

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Lake Mary, FL (Jan. 17, 2019) – Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has been selected by Danskammer Energy, LLC, to supply the M501JAC gas turbine for the repowering of the Danskammer Energy Facility, located in Newburgh, NY. Located at the existing Danskammer site, the new natural gas–fired combined-cycle electric generation facility is expected to generate approximately 535 MW of base-load generating capacity.

DANSKAMMER Energy was purchased by Tiger Infrastructure Partners and Agate Power In December 2017. The existing facility, which was built in the 1950s and 1960s, uses low efficiency gas-fired boilers to power steam turbine generators. It has operated as a peaking facility due to its relative inefficiency and high fuel costs. Replacing the existing equipment with modern combined cycle generating technology will dramatically reduce the amount of natural gas required to produce a unit of electric power output. The new Energy Center will also incorporate quick-start, fast-ramping technology that is designed to provide the New York Independent System Operator greater flexibility to add more intermittent power sources like wind and solar power.

“The project will cost over $400 million,” said William Reid, CEO of DANSKAMMER Energy. “We have an operating power plant now that was built in the 50s. When Indian Point nuclear power plant retires, our modernized natural gas power plant will help fill the void. The new technology will dramatically improve the environmental profile of the plant. We won’t use Hudson River water, and we will reduce air emissions significantly.”

Paul Browning, President & CEO of MHPS Americas, said “as New York deals with nuclear retirements and massive additions of new renewable power, the repowering of Danskammer Energy with our JAC combined cycle technology is a perfect fit. We can provide low emissions, reliable and affordable base load power to replace lost generation from nuclear retirements in the short term, while providing the extreme flexibility to partner with new intermittent renewable generation of the future. MHPS is helping the owners Tiger Infrastructure and Agate Power deliver a Change in Power for the State of New York.”

• Specifically, the renewed Danskammer Energy Center will:
  produce 450 construction jobs for up to 2 ½ years while maintaining more than 30 existing, high-skilled jobs in Orange County and the Town of Newburgh;
• continue to provide economic sustainability to local governments and schools through tax payments and revenue that support vital services;
  support a revitalized and renewable energy–focused New York State electric grid by providing lower-carbon, reliable and efficient power to the region;
• reduce water consumption and potential aquatic impacts due to elimination of “once-through” cooling system; and
• displace less efficient generation by providing a flexible generating source that is more responsive to real-time market conditions and offers lower emissions per megawatt hour produced.

Plans call for the new plant to begin commercial operation in 2023.

About Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc.
Headquartered in Lake Mary, FL, MHPS Americas employs more than 2,000 people who design, build, install, monitor and service aero-derivative and heavy-duty natural gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, and environmental control systems throughout North and South America. MHPS Americas also collaborates with customers to deploy artificial intelligence and low carbon technologies to take the cost and carbon out of the electric power value chain. MHPS Americas is subsidiary of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, a joint venture between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd. PWPS and MD&A are wholly owned subsidiaries of MHPS Americas.

Learn more about MHPS by visiting www.changeinpower.com.