ACCs strike the right note for Steinway's neighbours: A common feature of new combined cycle plants located on New York's East River is their use of air cooled condensers, with varying degrees of modularisation

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According to its developers, once both 540 MWe phases are completed, the USD983 million Astoria Energy combined cycle plant, under construction on the East River in the north west corner of the borough of Queens, will be New York City's largest new power station in more than 25 years The plant, which is being developed by privately owned SCS Energy LLC and special-purpose entity AE Investor LLC, and will be operated and maintained by North American Energy Services, is destined to play a major role in keeping the lights on in a conurbation with insufficient local generation capacity, exacerbated by transmission constraints both into and within the city limits, with consequently high electricity prices Peak power requirements for New York City are about 10 GW and state regulations require that at least 80% of the power consumed in NYC must be produced within the five boroughs.