Natural gas plant starts up in Pa., another to start construction in Ala.

摘要

Signaling the continued disadvantaged economics of coal-firedgeneration in the US, Calpine’s latest, 828-MW natural gas combinedcyclepower plant has started up in Pennsylvania, and an electricco-operative has named its design-and-build contractor for anotherNGCC plant to replace its coal-fired capacity in Alabama and Florida.Calpine’s York 2 Energy Center in Peach Bottom Township,Pennsylvania, started on Sunday, at the same site as Calpine’s existing565-MW York Energy Center, which started up in 2011.