Power on demand: Cat natural gas reciprocating engines provide flexibility to Kansas power plant

摘要

Caterpillar is providing 12 of its G20CM34 generator sets for Mid-Kansas Electric Co.'s newly constructed power plant, Rubart Station. When fully operational in mid-2014, the facility will have the capacity to produce 110 MW of nominal power to 200 000 customers in central and western Kansas, U.S.A. Mid-Kansas said the station's construction has moved at a swift pace - the company broke ground in March 2013 and was to have all the engines in place by January. Derek Seacat, Mid-Kansas' project manager for Rubart Station, said that the utility has the ability - if needed - to mirror its current facility and add another 12 G20CM34 gen-sets to the west, bringing the total engine count to 24.