Panda Patriot Power Plant

The Panda Patriot Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power station located in Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (near Williamsport). It went commercial in July 2016 and construction on the project began in 2013.

Panda Patriot Power Plant
Panda Patriot Power Plant in May 2021
Location of Panda Patriot Power Plant
CountryUnited States
LocationClinton Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41.1807°N 76.8393°W / 41.1807; -76.8393
StatusOperational
Construction beganDecember 2013
Commission date3Q 2016[1][2]
Construction cost$ 909 million
Owner(s)Panda Energy International
Operator(s)Panda Energy International
Thermal power station
Primary fuelNatural gas
Power generation
Units operational2 × 400 MW
Nameplate capacity829 MW

It is owned solely by Panda Energy International of Dallas, Texas. The plant was built due to the retirement of about a dozen coal-fired power stations in Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland. After three years of planning and approval by local, state and federal agencies the station construction began in 2013 and took approximately 30 months to complete the total project.

Current status

The plant has been operational since its commission date in 2016. It generates a total of 829 megawatts of electricity by the use of two 400 MW single-shaft power trains. The plant uses Siemens SGT6-8000H gas turbines, Siemens SST-5000 steam turbines, Siemens SGEN6-H hydrogen-cooled generators, Vogt “Smart-Box” Heat Recovery Steam Generators and Air Cooled Condensers. Gemma also constructed ancillary systems and buildings as well as the electrical interconnection facilities and tie-ins for natural gas, water and wastewater.[3]

As of August 2017 the plant serves just over one million homes in Lycoming, Clinton, Potter, Northumberland, Union, Montour, Columbia, Sullivan, Tioga and Bradford counties in Pennsylvania. Along with Chemung, Broome and Steuben counties in New York.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Siemens and Panda Power Funds today celebrated the commissioning of the Panda Patriot Power Project in Clinton Township, Pennsylvania". USA News. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. "New Panda Patriot station commissioned in Pennsylvania". Power-Tech.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. "The Panda Patriot Power Project is a clean natural gas-fueled, 829-megawatt combined-cycle generating station". Aiche.org. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. "829 MW facility is the one of two new power plants fueled from Marcellus Shale Gas ..."
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