The Huntington Beach Energy Project (HBEP), formerly AES Huntington Beach, is a
natural gas-fired power station
A gas-fired power plant, sometimes referred to as gas-fired power station, natural gas power plant, or methane gas power plant, is a thermal power station that burns natural gas to generate electricity. Gas-fired power plants generate almost a ...
located in
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California, United States. The city was originally called Pacific City, but it was changed in 1903 to be named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 as o ...
,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
.
History
The facility was constructed between 1958 and 1969 on a . Total station capacity was 1,000,000 kilowatts. It originally consisted of two 215 MW General Electric cross compound 3600/1800 RPM steam turbines (HP/LP turbines). Main steam pressure was 2400 PSI, main steam temperature was 1050 DEG F and reheat temperature was 1000 DEG F. The generators were hydrogen cooled, rated at 128,000 KVA. The boilers were Babcock and Wilcox natural circulation (drum boilers), rated at 1,560,000 LB/HR. The boilers could be fired with natural gas or fuel oil. Units 1 and 2 were completed in 1958. Unit 3 was a General Electric cross compound 3600/1800 RPM at 1050/1000 DEG F, with a 215 MW steam turbine. Unit 4 was a Westinghouse, cross compound 3600/1800 rpm, 1050/1000 DEG F 225MW. The boilers were Babcox and Wilcox Universal Pressure Boilers (called once thru) rated at 1,638,000 LB/HR. All four units were cooled using water sourced from the Pacific Ocean. Unit 5 was completed in 1969 and was a gas peaking unit, rated at 121 MW at 90 deg F. It consisted of 8 Pratt & Whitney GG4a-2 gas turbines exhausting into 4 Worthington expanders 2 stage turbines and 1 Westinghouse generator, 3 phase hydrogen cooled rated at 162,500 KVA, 16,000 volts 3600 rpm. Unit 1 was decommissioned on December 31, 2019, while Units 3 and 4 were decommissioned at an unknown date. Unit 2 is the only original unit still in operation.
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In June 2017, AES began construction of a 644 MW ]combined cycle gas turbine
A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas turb ...
(Unit 5) that is visually smaller and is air-cooled.
See also
*List of power stations in California
A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of t ...
References
Natural gas-fired power stations in California
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