EVENDALE, OH - GE Industrial AeroDerivative Gas Turbines (GE-IAD) has received an order from ALSTOM Gas Turbines, Ltd., Lincoln, England, to supply a GE LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine. The unit will be used at a simple-cycle power plant to neighbor Boral Energy's Ladbroke Grove gas plant, near Adelaide, Australia.
This will be the first GE LM6000 to have modified fuel nozzles so it can burn medium BTU fuel available at the Ladbroke Grove site. This fuel has relatively high CO2 content, resulting in a lower heating value of about 500 Btu/scf. GE's new fuel system design incorporates features that allow for the use of fuels with a wide range of characteristics, as well as an option for combustor water injection, if necessary, for emissions reduction. This important innovation provides reliable start-up capabilities as well as NOx control.
Boral Energy's 43-megawatt plant will produce electricity which will be sold to the Australian National Electricity Market.
Boral Energy is the only integrated explorer, producer and distributor of natural gas in Australia. The company has also entered the electricity market and is becoming a significant participant in Australia's national electricity market as a generator, trader and retailer.
The LM6000 will be manufactured by GE-IAD at its Evendale, OH facility. The gas turbine will be placed into a power generation package by ALSTOM Gas Turbines at its Lincoln facility. The turbine and package design allows for the use of a wide variety of fuels such as those from large gas fields to produce power in an economical manner.
The gas turbine-generator set will be installed at the Ladbroke Grove site in the Fall of 1999. The unit is expected to begin commercial operation in January 2000, in time for the peak generating period of the Australian summer.
Currently there are 10 GE LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbines operating or slated for service in various power generation applications throughout Australia.
GE-IAD is part of GE Power Systems, and is headquartered in Evendale, OH. GE-IAD is the world's largest designer, developer and manufacturer of aeroderivative gas turbines for a variety of power generation and gas compression applications.